Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … that it is primarily single women that drive the well-established empirical relationship between personal wealth and … business start-ups. Therefore, public policies specifically targeted at relieving the liquidity constraints of women could help …

countries, women entrepreneurs in Swaziland have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to fund it from formal sources … than men. Among women entrepreneurs, those with college education and confident in their skills tend to start their firms …This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a …

This paper is concerned with whether women are less likely to express business start-up intentions because of a less …

In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits … male and female peer groups explain approximately half of the gender gap in early career entrepreneurship … and associated peer effects. We study how early career entrepreneurship is affected by existing entrepreneurship among …

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

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 …

This paper contributes to closing a knowledge gap on gender, entrepreneurship and development by linking the … confirmed the importance of start-up capital for sales. Women entrepreneurs have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to …, business training is positively associated with sales performance of men entrepreneurs, but has no effect on women. However …

access to new financing options change the gender configuration of informal economic activity and, if so, in what ways and … 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 …

Can media coverage of a terrorist organization encourage their execution of further attacks? This paper analyzes the …

Can media coverage of shooters encourage future mass shootings? We explore the link between the day-to-day prime time …