The economic and social imperative for women's economic empowerment is clear. Greater gender equality boosts economic growth and leads to better development outcomes. It contributes to reducing income inequality and boosting economic diversification and, in turn, supports economic resilience....

Introducing Women in Management -- Review of Recent studies on Women in Management -- Conceptual framework for Understanding the Position of Women in Management -- Socio-Economic Profile of Respondent-Managers -- Analysis of Determinants of Women Representation in Management -- Current...

In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female businesses. We exploit novel and unique micro data on start-ups in Denmark, which we combine with information on individual-level characteristics of the entrepreneur as main...