Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …

increase by 4.3% without women's restrictions to entrepreneurship and by 32.1% without restrictions to entry and …What are the effects on the labor market and aggregate income of frictions that restrict women's labor decisions that … impede labor participation and composition being equal between men and women? To answer this question, I develop an …

with men, proxied by gender wage gap, and women’s entrepreneurship participation at the US state level. The gender wage gap … affects women’s opportunity cost of the entrepreneurship decision. In states where women’s status is lower (the gender wage … increased women’s entrepreneurship participation. Using an alternative proxy of women’s status that incorporates state …

How are women entrepreneurs transforming and challenging traditional understandings of professional success in the 21st … styles, documenting strategies for success and barriers confronted, indicates that not much has changed. Women entrepreneurs … spotlight gender gaps in entrepreneurship as well as the sovalued career-family balance, while still arguing that further …