Estrin, Saul 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3447-8593 and Mickiewicz, Tomasz
(2011)
Institutions and female entrepreneurship.
Small Business Economics, 37 (4).
pp. 397-415.
ISSN 1573-0913
Abstract
This paper compares the impact of institutions on men and women's decisions to establish new business start-ups between 2001 and 2006. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey (GEM) which cover at least 2,000 individuals per year in each of up to 55 countries and have merged it with country-level data, from the World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit, Polity IV and the Heritage Foundation. We find that women are less likely to undertake entrepreneurial activity in countries where the state sector is larger, but the rule of law is not generally found to have gender-specific effects. However, more detailed institutional components of discrimination against women, in particular, restrictions on freedom of movement away from home, make it less likely for women to have high entrepreneurial aspirations in terms of employment growth, even if their entry into entrepreneurial activities, including self-employment, is not affected by this.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/bu... |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Springer |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2011 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2024 04:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/39042 |
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