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associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other … entrepreneurship rises with foreign direct investment inflow, lower entry barriers for women, women's better access to finance, higher … effects of intra-industry foreign direct investment for female entrepreneurship are reduced when women face lower entry …
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This paper studies foreign direct investment spillovers on the gender-related labor market practices of domestic firms, based on a unique firm-to-firm data set of Bangladesh's textiles and garment sectors. The paper looks at the female employment of domestic firms that are directly and...
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Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to …-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive …
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This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …
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. Women tend to sort into different sectors than men, and the sectors dominated by women tend to be less profitable. This … earnings, with male-owned businesses in male-dominated sectors earning the most, women in male-dominated sectors and men in … female-concentrated sectors in the middle tier, and women in female-concentrated sectors at the bottom. Correlational …
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Mental health, well-being and lasting economic outcomes are intimately connected. However, in geographies marked by fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a regular basis. This paper describes the incremental...
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