This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs … owner characteristics. Furthermore, women's investment is less sensitive to cash flow, which indicates that it is unlikely … reveals that women have different preferences and attitudes towards investment. They indicate to a lesser extent aspiring and …

This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit … analysis of the supply- and demand-side on the credit market shows that women are not more likely to be denied credit but the … probability that they apply for credit is on average lower. Yet, this gender difference in the probability of credit application …

this article are based on a qualitative empirical study of twenty women entrepreneurs, their families (mothers, fathers … media. However, they differ essentially in how they manage their self-employment in the sense of doing entrepreneurship. The …

In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on … decision to become self-employed to test for differences between women and men in the ceteris paribus impact of several …

start-ups among women and explains about one third of the entire gender difference. Most substantially, men opt for a start …. -- 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 …