literacy training directly benefits men, it does not raise the sales level of women entrepreneurs. Instead, tertiary education … that women entrepreneurs who are tenacious achieve stronger sales performance. Our results underscore the importance of …-cognitive skills, among policies for women entrepreneurs. …

initial capital is associated with better sales performance for both men and women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs start …This paper analyzes the role of networks in the access of female entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance … size of their firm and sales level. However, women with higher education start their firms with more capital than their …

particularly at the unbanked, under-banked, and women. We find strong empirical evidence supporting the crucial role of financial … access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …-in-differences. However, we do not find conclusive evidence that increased financial inclusion leads to a higher likelihood of women becoming …

entrepreneurship based on the "impressionable years hypothesis". Accordingly, we empirically investigate the relationship between bad … economic conditions during youth and later-life entrepreneurship using Gallup from 2009 to 2014. The identification is achieved … conditions when young can significantly predict higher entrepreneurship in later life. For example, experiencing at least one …

This study analyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship intention and personal characteristics and skills by …, entrepreneurship, and networking sub-dimensions of the scales are related to entrepreneurship intention. We also find that gender, the … entrepreneurship intention. Results may be useful to understand and enhance entrepreneurship potential. …

points more likely to be entrepreneurs, an increase of 19 percent over the control mean. However, gains in entrepreneurship …The persistently high employment share of the informal sector makes entrepreneurship a necessity for youth in many … developing countries. We exploit exogenous variation in the implementation of Rwanda's entrepreneurship education reform in …

Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model … lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs have more constrained access to credit than do men. Testing … economies would benefit from removing obstacles to women’s land tenure and enabling financial institutions to lend against …

gender that favor men, by marital status and gender that favor married men over married women, and by gender, marital, and …