Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are … traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over … the firm performance and characteristics of women in male-dominated sectors (crossovers) with women who are in female …

proprietorships are more frequently used by female entrepreneurs, only three economies have similar or equal number of women business … majority of the analyzed economies, less than one-third of new limited liability company owners are women. Although sole … owners relative to men. The gap in female entrepreneurship is especially apparent in low-income economies, where women are …

Entrepreneurs that voluntarily choose to start a business because they are able to identify a good business opportunity … and act on it -- opportunity entrepreneurs -- might be different along various dimensions from those who are forced to … become entrepreneurs because of lack of other alternatives -- necessity entrepreneurs. To provide evidence on these …

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically shows that the same class of … sufficient to grow women-owned subsistence-level firms. However, it can work if it is delivered in-kind to more successful women … microentrepreneurs, and it should boost the performance of women's larger-sized SMEs. Very poor women need a more intensive package of …

lower female labor participation rates. It also finds that the category urban educated women with secondary education … generated few jobs, and has not been in female-friendly sectors, resulting in weak demand for women, especially urban educated … women with secondary education. And when men and women compete for scarce jobs, men may have priority access because of …

/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 …This paper quantifies the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in …

Several studies explore the differences in men?s and women?s labor market participation rates and wages. Some of these … among women relative to men in the country. The paper combines the literature on women?s careers in management, which has … proportion of female top managers also have higher enrollment rates for women relative to men in primary, secondary, and tertiary …