Over the 1980s and 1990s the wage differentials between men and women (with similar observable characteristics) declined significantly. At the same time, the returns to education increased. It has been suggested that these two trends may reflect a common change in the relative price of a skill...

This article uses data from the Kauffman Firm Survey to explore, by gender, the relationship of start up capital for new firm performance in terms of assets, revenues, income, employment, and survival. Our results reveal that, consistent with prior research, women-owned firms start with smaller...

This study focuses on the period around the initiation of the leading reward-based crowdfundingmarket – Kickstarter, and documents the behavior of male and female entrepreneurs in the processof raising pre-seed capital. We find that women are concentrated in stereotyped sectors both...