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...

Differences in financing patterns and financial characteristics between female- and male-owned firms are often attributed to imperfections in credit markets. However, these differences could arise for many reasons, such as differences in the characteristics and preferences of owners and firms....