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 …

. In our baseline simulation, we obtain an output per capita loss due to these gender gaps of 9.4 percent, all of which is … one obtained in a framework where barriers to entrepreneurship were assumed to be independent of talent. …

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 …

entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the … non-cognitive skills, with gender gaps in entrepreneurial performance in Africa. We have found that while financial …

that easier management of maternity risk reduces the gender gap in entrepreneurship and that maternity risk is more …I investigate how women's participation in innovative and regular entrepreneurship responds to a shock to maternity …

and 2011, we decompose the well-established gender gap in entrepreneurship. We show that female-led ventures are 63 … significant portion of the gap (65 percent) stems from gender differences in initial startup orientation, with women being less …