Chiplunkar, Gaurav; Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We develop a framework for identifying and quantifying barriers to entry and operation faced by female entrepreneurs in … entrepreneurs still face substantial entry and business registration costs (almost twice their male counterparts'). The costs of … entrepreneurs have an advantage: hiring female workers is easier for them. We show that this pattern is not driven by the sectoral …