| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This report examined regional characteristics affecting the latent entrepreneurship in Japan, focusing on regional macro economic indicators, existing density of establishments and human capital, and business start-up assistance programs by local governments. We defined two kinds of persons having the latent entrepreneurship as follows: (1) persons merely wishing to be a self-employed worker; and (2) persons preparing to be a self-employed worker out of the former definition. Total cash earnings and unempolyment rate, which are the macro economic indicators, had positive effects on the latent entrepreneurship. Judging from the significance of their estimations, the latent entrepreneurship is explained by the "Push hypothesis". The density of female workers had a positive effect on the latent entrepreneurship. This finding suggests that they have strong willingness to take the higher risk to be entrepreneur in Japanese society. High density regions of venture business, 25-29 years old,
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technical workers, managers and officials workers, services workers, and college or university graduates had induced people to wish to be entrepreneur. Business start-up assistance programs, in both financial and management assistances, by local governments were not still sufficient or adequate for people preparing to be self-employed. From these estimated results, we can point out the following policies. The local governments ought to promote start up businesses in high density regions of establishments and human capital. As some effective policy instruments, the government can provide technical education and training to latent entrepreneurs. The government should mitigate financing problems with female workers wanting to be self-employed. And also the government can provide financial assistance to the unemployed who wish to be new firm founders. For further research, it is necessary for us to identify government assistance programs which make the latent entrepreneurs more self-employment. Less
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