Although the gender gap in entrepreneurs' success rates to secure funding is staggering, we know little about its … comprehensive data of 4,893 interactions from the popular US television show Shark Tank, we test whether gender match with … with female (rather than male) entrepreneurs, while no systematic gender preferences emerge for male investors. This result …

We study the association between the gender of the highest-ranking manager (the CEO) and gender differences in …

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 …

entrepreneurs. We use detailed survey data from Sweden to study to what extent this gender gap can be explained by gender … entrepreneurs have markedly different psyche than others (8 out of 14 traits differ). However gender differences in traits do not … reduce women's likelihood of being an entrepreneur in a one-sided way. We find that, in aggregate, gender differences in …

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …

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 …

We examine the implications of CEO gender for corporate debt structure. After controlling for endogeneity, firms with … that the CEO gender effect is more pronounced for firms with younger CEOs, higher litigation risk, and more market …

gender discrimination within firms. Using data for 30 European countries for the period 1995-2010, we find that having a … female "boss" is associated with lower overall gender discrimination at work. The female boss effect, however, differs across … gender: it is associated with lower discrimination among female employees, but higher among male employees. We also …

that easier management of maternity risk reduces the gender gap in entrepreneurship and that maternity risk is more …