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This policy brief on women in entrepreneurship was produced by the OECD and the European Commission. It explores the … that their policies help women to participate in the labour market. This policy brief is part of a series of documents …
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of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a … for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers … were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility …
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China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) project on Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and … support the hypothesis that enhancing women’s economic empowerment by improving entrepreneurship and leadership could …
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a comparative advantage at violence and there is little rule-of-law, then unequal bargaining power can lead women to … entrepreneurship and rule of law that predicts that women will only start businesses when they have both formal legal protection and … industries with more women, but gender differences are ameliorated when women have access to adjudicating institutions, such as …
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The first OECD Conference on Women Entrepreneurs in SMEs in 1997 highlighted their contribution to innovation and job … creation. Since that time, women’s entrepreneurship has been burgeoning. Women entrepreneurs constitute a growing share of SME … creation and development of firms by women and creating a level playing field for women business owners is vital for a thriving …
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innovation and job creation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship is no longer a male preserve: although few women can be found at the …. This conference proceedings explores the phenomenon of women entrepreneurs in small and medium entreprises, examining such …
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Economic frictions pervade the founding, financing, growing, and exiting of high-growth entrepreneurial firms. This article considers one friction that currently affects a small, but important, set of entrepreneurs: racial and gender discrimination. I first collect facts from a large empirical...
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