We identify the causal effect of gender bias on access to finance. We extract an exogenous measure of gender bias from … survey responses by descendants of US immigrants on questions about the role of women in society. We then investigate a … detailed dataset on 6,000 small business firms from 17 countries and find that in countries with higher gender bias, female …

. Using a probit model, it was found that states where the spoken language is two-gendered, have poor representations of women … in entrepreneurial positions compared with states with languages that are multi-gender or no gender. It is further argued … presence of a discriminating inefficient business ecosystem, women entrepreneurs use non-market strategies such as corruption …

propensities between men and women. The consequences of the assumed differential importance of household and family generate … testable hypotheses about the gender effects of entrepreneurial culture. The principal hypothesis is that there is a greater … chance of females in 'unentrepreneurial' cultures being relatively entrepreneurial compared to males. Also women from …

measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa …Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares …

We investigate how presentation modality (text vs. video) and executive gender influence evaluators' perceptions of … competence assessment of the CEO; however, this result is largely gender dependent. Male-delivered financial reports enhance …

There is considerable interest in increasing the representation of women on the boards of publicly traded corporations …. Currently, only 17 percent of independent directors in the United States are women. In this Closer Look, we examine the pathways … that women took to become the first female directors of Fortune 250 companies. We examine their biographies and …

The gender gap in social networks has long been seen as a determinant of the glass ceiling for women to advance to top … identification strategy, we find that the policy-induced reduction in alcohol drinking significantly promotes board gender diversity … in Chinese listed firms. Further evidence shows that the effect of reduced alcohol drinking on board gender diversity is …

women and offer them a chance to be in the limelight. By improving workplace gender balance, we move toward an equal society …Gender inequality in several social structures of society is a long-standing issue. A more prevalent problem is the … equality over the past few years, as more organizations employ more women in leadership positions. There is more campaign …