Finance

Sociology

Business

Mathematics

Social science

Economic growth

Statistics

Logistic regression

Management

Psychology

Economics

Affect (linguistics)

Human capital

Descriptive statistics

Entrepreneurship

Communication

Social capital

Estimation

Small Business International Review

The objective of this study is to determine whether human and social capital are drivers of entrepreneurship. The methodology involves the estimation of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques such as logistic regressions and correlations of variables. It is focused on information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database for 2012 from Germany and Costa Rica. The results demonstrate that human and social capital, factors related to knowledge, have a positive statistical relationship with the propensity to become an entrepreneur. Little difference exists among knowledge-related factors across countries. They are mainly related to the cultural contexts, which affect the propensity to become an entrepreneur

Human and social capital as drivers of entrepreneurship