Former Communist party membership and present-day entrepreneurship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14867765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Artjoms Ivlevs (0000-0002-5398-7705, University of the West of England, corresponding author), Milena Nikolova (0000-0003-3968-289X), Olga Popova (0000-0001-9859-1504, Ural Federal University), Olga V Popova (0000-0002-3825-7544) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1783-1800 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Business Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-898X • E-ISSN: 1573-0913 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11187-020-00364-6 |
| OpenAlex | W3024909371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 53 |
After the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, former party members were particularly likely to start businesses and become entrepreneurs. What remains unclear, however, is whether this entrepreneurial activity was driven by the resources, information, and opportunities provided by former party membership or because individuals with specific individual attributes were more likely to become Communist cadres (self-selection). This study is the first to separate the causal effect of former Communist party membership from self-selection. Using individual-level Life in Transition-III survey data and a control function approach, we find that former Communist party membership has facilitated business set-up but not business longevity in Central and Eastern European countries. We also show that people who joined the former ruling party had fewer of the traits associated with entrepreneurship such as unobservable personality traits, ability, motivation, and entrepreneurial aptitude, and as such were negatively self-selected. We show that former Communist party membership still matters for business practices, business ethics, and the nature of doing business in transition economies
Communism · Communist state · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Unobservable · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Social Capital and Networks
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |