Building on the theory of necessity entrepreneurship, we test whether female entrepreneurship was a part of the household coping mechanism facing the recent global crisis across 30 transition countries centered in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The identification strategy relies on the...

Since the implementation of the Belcerowicz plan as part of Poland's transition to a free market economy in 1990, the country's economy has made great strides. This economic progress at the macro level however was accompanied by systematic discrimination towards women, resulting in economic...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Part 1: Women's Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context: Key Issues -- 1 Introduction -- Part 2: Women's Entrepreneurship in Former Soviet Republics -- 2...