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dc.contributor.author | Fairlie, Robert W. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Robb, Alicia M. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-10 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-07T11:29:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-07T11:29:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081014177 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34785 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x3718 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J15 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Female entrepreneurship | en |
dc.subject.keyword | business outcomes | en |
dc.subject.stw | Weibliche Führungskräfte | en |
dc.subject.stw | Unternehmer | en |
dc.subject.stw | Unternehmensentwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Berufserfahrung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Risikokapital | en |
dc.subject.stw | Vergleich | en |
dc.subject.stw | Männer | en |
dc.subject.stw | USA | en |
dc.title | Gender differences in business performance: evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey | - |
dc.type | |aWorking Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 581606051 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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