scholarly journals Study of Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurship Behavior of Returned Migrants Using Binary Logistic Regression Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Madhav Kumar Bhusal ◽  
Hari Prasad Pandey

Background: Entrepreneurship or business ownership is a significant source of employment and economic growth. Many studies conducted by different researchers have shown that increase in entrepreneurial activities helps to reduce unemployment. Thousands of Nepalese youths exodus for foreign migration every year for employments due to lack of adequate working environment in Nepal. In this context, identification of significant factors influencing the entrepreneurship behavior of returned migrants could be useful for planner, decision makers, and other concerned authorities. Objective: To explore the entrepreneurship status of returned migrants and to ascertain the factors influencing the entrepreneurship behavior of returned migrants. Materials and Methods: This study was based on primary data of 393 returned migrants collected through convenience sampling in Sarawal Rural Municipality of Parasi district, Nepal. People who stayed abroad at least one year and returned during 2010 to 2017 were included in the study. On the basis of Industrial Enterprise Act, 2016a, Nepal, a person who has invested Nepalese rupees five lakh or more in business besides housing and land is considered as an entrepreneur. The response variable is entrepreneurship status and it is defined according to the aforementioned act. Both quantitative and categorical variables were used as predictor variables. Factors associated with entrepreneurship behavior were extracted using Chi-square test and binary logistic regression model. Results: Out of sample of 393 returned migrants, 137 (34.9%) were entrepreneur and rest 256 (65.1%) were non-entrepreneur. Results showed that for main occupation of household head odds ratio (OR) = 4.008 & confidence interval (CI) = 2.396 to 6.703. Similarly, for educational status of returned migrants OR = 2.650 & CI = 1.599 to 4.392. For the covariate skills learnt at abroad OR = 2.750 & CI = 1.654 to 4.573. Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of returned migrants were non-entrepreneur. The factors ‘main occupation of household head’, ‘educational status of returned migrant’, ‘remittance received at home per year’ and ‘skills learnt abroad’ are the major determinants behind the entrepreneurship behavior of returned migrants. It is suggested that higher education and adequate skills should be taken before departing from home country so that the migrants can earn more money which will help to start their own businesses once they get back to their home country.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chipo Chivuraise ◽  
Tafireyi Chamboko ◽  
Godfrey Chagwiza

Deforestation is one of the major effects posed by the smallholder tobacco farming as the farmers heavily depend on firewood sourced from natural forest for curing tobacco. The research aims at assessing the factors that influence the harvesting of natural forest in the production of tobacco. Data is collected through the structured questionnaire from 60 randomly selected farmers. Binary logistic regression model is used to explain the significance of factors influencing natural forest harvesting. Results show that farmer experience, tobacco selling price, and agricultural training level negatively affect the harvesting of natural forests (to obtain firewood) for curing tobacco significantly (p<0.05). However, gender, size of the household, tobacco yield, and level of education are insignificant (p>0.05) in influencing natural forest harvesting. Though farmers are exploiting the environment and at the same time increasing foreign currency earning through tobacco production, there is therefore a need to put in place policies that encourage sustainable forest product utilization such as gum plantations, subsidizing price of coal, and introducing fees, as well as penalties or taxes to the offenders.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmare Mossie Zeru ◽  
Dawit Diriba Guta

Abstract Background: Although, solar energy is abundant, accessible, affordable, and ecologically and environmentally friendly, in rural Ethiopia the majority of households are still using pollutant kerosene for lightning. It is important to understand demand and supply-side factors affecting the adoption of the technology. For this purpose, this study investigates the factors influencing household adoption of solar home system (SHS). Methodology: The data used for the econometric model was collected from randomly selected 228 adopters and 143 non-adopter households in Baso Liben district, Amhara region of Ethiopia. The logistic regression model was applied to examine the factors affecting household adoption of solar home system. Results: The finding of this study shows significant variation in many socioeconomic and demographic characteristics between adopters and non-adopters of solar home system. The result of the binary logistic regression model indicated that as income of household increase, their propensity to adopt solar home system also increases. Likewise, participation in off-farm income activities, house type, educational status, training access, media access, and prior knowledge positively correlated with the adoption of SHS. On the other hand, gender and access to electricity are negatively associated with the adoption of SHS. Conclusion: Policy measures should create awareness through training, education, and information access or better media availability, and improving the economic status of households through creating lucrative off-farm income-earning opportunities to achieve enhanced adoption of the solar home system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 884-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Lanfranchi ◽  
Angela Alibrandi ◽  
Agata Zirilli ◽  
Georgia Sakka ◽  
Carlo Giannetto

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to attempt to outline the standard profile of the typical wine consumer, by identifying some relevant features that can influence his/her purchasing choices. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to identify the pre-eminent attributes for wine consumers and the different levels of importance that consumers ascribe to the attributes identified at the time of purchase.Design/methodology/approachIn order to collect the necessary data, an ad hoc questionnaire was utilized. The questionnaire, which was anonymous, was directly distributed with the face-to-face method. In total, 1,500 copies of the questionnaire had been prepared. The data collected were processed through the use of the binary logistic regression model and the ordinal logistic regression model. The first binary logistic regression model allows to evaluate the dependence of the dichotomous variable on some potential predictors. The ordinal logistic regression model, known in literature as a cumulative model of proportional quotas, is generally appropriate for situations in which the ordinal response variable has discrete categories.FindingsThe results returned by the elaboration of the binary logistic regression model refer to the influence of the variables sex, age, educational status and income on the “wine consumption” result, which is a dichotomous variable. The only variables found to be statistically significant are gender and educational status. The most significant variables that emerged from the implementation of the ordinary logistic regression model are gender, brand, choice based on price, place of production, harvest and certification. The analysis carried out has shown that with reference to wine as a product, it is essential to focus on several attributes, among which there are of course quality and brand.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough field experiments are extremely useful for testing behavioral hypotheses, they are often limited by a small sample. Future research in this area might focus on the knowledge level of sustainable wine of the consumer. In relation to the knowledge of the characteristics of the wine, it is possible to estimate the willingness to pay a surplus for a wine produced with sustainable methods by the consumer and the possible level of price premium.Originality/valueThe originality of the research lies mainly in a deeper knowledge of wine consumption trends. This information is useful to better define the wine market and to allow, especially to small businesses, to establish effective marketing strategies in relation to the real preferences of consumers and the decision-making process of choice put in place by them. In order to achieve this, the influence of all the variables on the “satisfaction of wine consumption” result was evaluated. The strength of this paper is the use of an adequate statistical approach based on the use of models, typical of inferential statistics, to reach conclusions that can be extended to the entire population of wine growers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Azis Safii ◽  
Tri Suwarno

Abstract: The number of micro-entrepreneurs and the dominant number of micro enterprises compared to medium and large-scale enterprises in Indonesia are not balanced by the provision of access to credit and venture capital for micro businesses. This resulted in a micro-sector sector identical to the poor being vulnerable to exploitation by moneylenders who exploit the difficulties of micro entrepreneurs accessing credit from the banking sector. This study examines the factors that determine the accessibility of credit by micro entrepreneur in Bojonegoro regency. A total sum of 270 micro entrepreneurs who have applied for banking loan were sampled from the study area. With an binary logistic regression model the research resulting that education, skill on entrepreneur, and monthly net profits generated by the microenterprise are significant in determining the accessibility of microcredit. Keywords: micro entrepreneur, microcredit, credit accessibility Abstrak: Perkembangan jumlah pengusaha mikro serta dominannya jumlah usaha mikro dibandingkan dengan usaha menengah dan usaha besar di Indonesia, tidak diimbingi dengan penyediaan akses kredit dan modal usaha bagi para pelaku usaha mikro. Hal tersebut mengakibatkan sektor usaha mikro yang identik dengan masyarakat miskin rentan dieksploitasi oleh rentenir yang memanfaatkan sulitnya para pengusaha mikro mengakses kredit dari sektor perbankan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer yang di ambil langsung dari pengusaha mikro dengan teknik kuesioner. Analisis data dengan metode binary logistic regression mendapatkan hasil variabel yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap akses kredit para pengusaha mikro adalah variabel usia pengusaha, laba bersih usaha tiap bulan, dan jumlah karyawan yang di pekerjakan. Kata kunci : usaha mikro, microcredit, akses kredit


2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. LI ◽  
J. ZHOU ◽  
L. WANG

In this paper, the non-parametric bootstrap and non-parametric Bayesian bootstrap methods are applied for parameter estimation in the binary logistic regression model. A real data study and a simulation study are conducted to compare the Nonparametric bootstrap, Non-parametric Bayesian bootstrap and the maximum likelihood methods. Study results shows that three methods are all effective ways for parameter estimation in the binary logistic regression model. In small sample case, the non-parametric Bayesian bootstrap method performs relatively better than the non-parametric bootstrap and the maximum likelihood method for parameter estimation in the binary logistic regression model.


2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-243
Author(s):  
Linnéa Weitkamp

Abstract This article investigates the inflection of the German indefinite pronouns jemand and niemand in the accusative and dative. The pronouns are used both with inflectional suffix (jemanden/jemandem, niemanden/niemandem) and without (jemand, niemand) and are thus an example of current variation in contemporary German. The grammars take an unusually liberal stance and describe both forms as correct, partially even with preference to the uninflected form. A corpus study which examines conceptually written data of the DeReKo (German reference corpus) and conceptually oral data of the DECOW16B (German web corpus), shows that over 90 % of occurrences are inflected. But almost 10 % of uninflected forms show that these formations are no arbitrary errors either. To find out what influences the presence or absence of the inflectional ending, a binary logistic regression model was calculated. The following factors proved to be significant influencing factors for inflection: the degree of formality (DeReKo vs. DECOW16B), the lexeme (jemand vs. niemand), the case (acc vs. dat), government by preposition vs. government by verb and the following nominalized adjective (jemand anderen). With regard to the different inflectional suffixes, the frequent use of -en in the dative stood out in particular. Although this form is classified as erroneous in all grammars, almost 30 % of the dative occurrences in informal DECOW16B data are formed in this way.


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