@techreport{Fairlie2008Gender,
abstract = {Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a decomposition technique, we explore the role that human capital, especially through prior work experience, and financial capital play in contributing to why female-owned businesses have lower survival rates, profits, employment and sales. We find that female-owned businesses are less successful than male-owned businesses because they have less startup capital, and business human capital acquired through prior work experience in a similar business and prior work experience in family business. We also find some evidence that female-owned businesses work fewer hours and may have different preferences for the goals of their business.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia M. Robb},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J15; 330; Female entrepreneurship; business outcomes; Weibliche F\"{u}hrungskr\"{a}fte; Unternehmer; Unternehmensentwicklung; Berufserfahrung; Risikokapital; Vergleich; M\"{a}nner; USA},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081014177},
number = {3718},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {Gender differences in business performance: evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey},
type = {IZA discussion papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34785},
year = {2008}
}
