Do Gendered Social Institutions and Resources Promote Women Entrepreneurial Intentions?

Women’s entrepreneurship has garnered substantial research interest over the years. The majority of the previous research investigates the nascent entrepreneurship rate, while fewer studies investigate entrepreneurial intentions. This study focuses on the relationship between women's entrepreneurial intentions and institutional and personal variables. This study uses data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Social Institutions and Gender Index databases and covers forty-three countries. Both factor analysis and linear regression methodologies are employed. The results show that if women have entrepreneurial skills, willingness to conquer the fear of failure, and social network to get contacted with other entrepreneurs, they are more likely to have entrepreneurial intentions. However, the more women have access to land, bank loans, and property other than land, the less likely they are to intend to become entrepreneurs. Also, social services for women's careers and fair entrepreneurial opportunities for women do not have significant impact on women's entrepreneurial intentions. The theoretical and empirical implications of the results are discussed