data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …

data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by … one third. We scrutinize this gender gap using individual-level data from the KfW Start-up Monitor, a large …

This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs …

This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit … denial rates in Germany. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a … probability that they apply for credit is on average lower. Yet, this gender difference in the probability of credit application …