Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147965 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10279
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better sales performance than those with smaller amounts of capital. For women entrepreneurs, formal finance sources of start-up capital are also associated with higher sales. However, as in other developing countries, women entrepreneurs in Swaziland have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to fund it from formal sources than men. Among women entrepreneurs, those with college education and confident in their skills tend to start their firms with higher amounts of capital. Professional support also matters, as women with such support are more likely to fund their start-up capital from the formal financial sector.
Subjects: 
women's entrepreneurship
start-up capital
search model
multivariate analysis
JEL: 
L53
O12
C61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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