Abstract
Several studies have shown the existence of significant differences in the rate of new business creation between men and women. Specifically, it has been shown that women are much less likely to be involved in entrepreneurship than men worldwide. It is not yet understood, however, if such differences are the result of personal characteristics of the individual and of her economic environment or are, instead, the result of universal and, perhaps, evolutionary phenomena. Our empirical analysis is conducted using representative samples of population for 37 countries and a special form of bootstrapping that allows us to equalize individuals' conditions and, as a result, analyze the choices of men and women put in identical economic environments and socio-economic circumstances.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-238 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Small Business Economics |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bootstrap
- Entrepreneurship
- Female entrepreneurship
- Gender
- Nascent entrepreneurship
- Perceptions
- Stochastic process simulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Economics and Econometrics