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Correlation between self-employment and other entrepreneurship proxies
| Entrepreneurship proxies | Correlation |
| Small business ownership rate | 0.69 |
| Small firm employment share | 0.30 |
| Startup rate (GEM TEA) | 0.72 |
| Billionaire entrepreneurs per capita | −0.33 |
| VC investment as a share of GDP | −0.21 |
| GDP per capita | −0.63 |
GDP, gross domestic product; GEM, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; TEA, Total Entrepreneurial Activity; VC, venture capital.
