Gender and the Business Environment for New Firm Creation

The authors summarize the extant literature on the relationship between gender and entrepreneurship. They note significant quantitative gender differences in business entry, with male-owned firms heavily prevailing over firms owned by women in many parts of the world. They find that enterprises owne...

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Main Authors: Klapper, Leora F., Parker, Simon C.
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13515