Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5110010 | Journal of Business Venturing Insights | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
This paper explores whether human capital factors (education and perceived capabilities) or contextual factors (economic and political settings) explain differential start-up rates between men and women entrepreneurs, connecting data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) with the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap. Results show that the effects of economic participation and entrepreneurship specific human capital (perceived capabilities) both play a role influencing the start-up rates of women entrepreneurs.
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Authors
Candida Brush, Abdul Ali, Donna Kelley, Patricia Greene,