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 … search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both …

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 …

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

The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce … barriers to women's advancement in the workplace. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and … states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women in top …

This paper examines the persistent effects of historical labor market institutions and policies on women's long …-World War II mandatory reconstruction policy, which compelled women to work in the rubble removal and reconstruction process … era generated persistent adverse effects on women's long-term labor market outcomes. An increase in marriage and fertility …

both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new … hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake entrepreneurial activity in countries where the rule of law is weaker; where …

In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits … and associated peer effects. We study how early career entrepreneurship is affected by existing entrepreneurship among …. While men are more influenced by other men, women are more influenced by other women. We estimate that differences between …

We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel … of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs. We find that females are less likely to export … of female entrepreneurs, this limitation does not explain their relative inability to leverage value from exports …