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Factors influencing micro-entrepreneurship among women SHG members of Sikkim: a propensity score matching approach

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  • Smriti Prasad
  • Manesh Choubey

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Purpose - The paper identifies the influence of socio-economic factors and livelihood training in stimulating micro-entrepreneurship among women self-help group (SHG) members. Design/methodology/approach - The study is based on a sample of 416 women SHG members drawn from all the four districts of Sikkim using cluster sampling procedure. A multivariate binary logistic model is used to find the impact of socio-economic factors, and a Poisson regression has been used to find the impact of training on fostering micro-entrepreneurship. The result is validated using a propensity score matching approach which corrects for the potential self-selection bias in the sample. Subsequently, a covariate adjustment estimator verifies the robustness of the approach. Findings - The study finds that “size of landownership”, “amount of loan borrowed”, “member's age”, “number of earning and dependent members”, “number of years of SHG enrolment” as well as the “district to which the member belongs to” have a statistically significant influence on the graduation of SHG members to micro-entrepreneurs. Furthermore, it is found that members attending the livelihood training programmes had a significantly higher number of microenterprises. Originality/value - The study differentiates itself by providing empirical evidence on how socio-economic factors and livelihood training stimulate micro-entrepreneurship among SHG women of Sikkim, which has so far remained unexplored. Moreover, advanced econometric method has been used to eliminate the possible self-selection bias involved with training participation and thereby provides reliable and robust results. Peer review - The peer review history for this article is available at:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2023-0070

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  • Smriti Prasad & Manesh Choubey, 2023. "Factors influencing micro-entrepreneurship among women SHG members of Sikkim: a propensity score matching approach," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 51(6), pages 741-756, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:ijse-01-2023-0070
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-01-2023-0070
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