for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers … of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a … were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility …

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 … manufacturers. In Zambia, female entrepreneurs collaborate less, learn less from fellow entrepreneurs, earn less and segregate into …

In this paper, we document the historically low rate of hiring of women in the venture capital sector. We find that the …

We develop a framework for identifying and quantifying barriers to entry and operation faced by female entrepreneurs in … entrepreneurs still face substantial entry and business registration costs (almost twice their male counterparts'). The costs of … expanding a business, conditional on entry, are also substantially higher for women. However, there is one area in which female …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … the level of development, women's education, the expansion of the service sector, and discrimination. More recent … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …

when the company is handed over to a female relative. Women in business have generally been presented as petty traders and … passive investors, whose entrepreneurial activities were scarce because of such restrictions as limited human capital, culture … firms during the nineteenth century, and for disincentives for the integration of women in the business sector. These issues …

/informal sector. These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and … heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs …We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India …

and women to become board nominees, and that it did not lead to new female board nominees being of lower quality than male …

ownership among incumbent businesses within a district-industry predicts a greater share of subsequent entrepreneurs will be … influence the types of entrepreneurs supported …