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Female Employment in Formal and Informal Sectors of the Serbian Economy

Markovic, Mirjana Radovic; Beraha, Isidora; Jasko, Ana - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2010), pp. 18-27

With the economic crisis acknowledged in 2008, unemployment strongly increased – mostly due to the fall in the industrial sector – which indicates the possible emergence of a new poor and extremely poor population, alongside the decrease of trade deficit and foreign direct investment. Serbia...

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An Initial Review of the Characteristics and Determinants of Female Entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico

Castro, Marisela Santiago; Pisani, Michael J - In: REVISTA AD-MINISTER (2013)

utilizes data from the Adult Population Survey (APS) for 2007 from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project. We find … fundamental determinant of female entrepreneurship. <h2>Características y determinantes de mujeres empresarias en Puerto Rico … para el 2007. El estudio utiliza los datos de la Encuesta de la Población Adulta del Proyecto de Global Entrepreneurship …

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Women Owning Small Firms in India : Analysing Social and Cultural Diversity

Nikaido, Yuko - 2020

entrepreneurship in India. The latest nationwide census of small enterprises allows us to examine how the socio-cultural status of the …

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Do Women Lag Behind Men? A Matched-Sample Analysis of the Dynamics of Gender Gaps

Farhat, Joseph B. - 2016

Previous studies found mixed answers whether women-owned firms are less successful than men-owned firms. Women entrepreneurs may lag behind men because they tend to have less human capital, they may have different personal preferences toward their businesses, and they tend to choose highly...

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Suprinovič, Olga; Schneck, Stefan; Kay, Rosemarie - 2015

This paper analyzes how statutory entitlements to maternity or parental leave affect female entry into self-employment after childbirth. For our estimations we use comprehensive panel data for German adults born between 1944 and 1989. We find that utilization of statutory parental leave...

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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2012

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We … entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female …

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Getting from 'Keep Out' to 'Lean In' : A New Roadmap for Women's Careers

Gersick, Connie - 2014

Forty years ago, a generation of American women embarked on careers they had never anticipated, knowing almost nothing about what their futures would be like. Now these pioneers are nearing retirement. A lifetime of results are in, and debate is raging about women's progress, what they can do,...

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Gender norms and labor-supply expectations : experimental evidence from adolescents

Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2020

Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with the arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link between gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a hypothetical scenario, we document that the majority of girls...

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Gender norms and labor-supply expectations : experimental evidence from adolescents

Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2020

Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link between gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a hypothetical scenario, we document that most girls expect to work...

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Institutionalizing Ethics in Institutional Voids : Building Positive Ethical Strength to Serve Women Microfinance Borrowers in Negative Contexts

Chakrabarty, Subrata; Bass, A. - 2014

This study examines whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) that serve women borrowers at the base of the economic pyramid are likely to adopt a written code of positive organizational ethics (POE). Using econometric analysis of operational and economic data of a sample of MFIs from across the...

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