particularly at the unbanked, under-banked, and women. We find strong empirical evidence supporting the crucial role of financial … access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …-in-differences. However, we do not find conclusive evidence that increased financial inclusion leads to a higher likelihood of women becoming …

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 … search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both …

In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits … and associated peer effects. We study how early career entrepreneurship is affected by existing entrepreneurship among …. While men are more influenced by other men, women are more influenced by other women. We estimate that differences between …

employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a difference-in-differences non … employment to entrepreneurship are positive, statistically significant and financially substantial. Even more, the results are … salaried jobs to entrepreneurship and lower losses on the reverse switch …

Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to … entrepreneurs with productive technologies, while firm growth depends on acquired capital. The shortage of collateral creates a … productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa …

resort to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to determine if there is positive discrimination in favor of women and young … entrepreneurs in the rationing behavior of the microfinance companies. This is what we should expect if the policy is effective. Our … worthiness variables, there is positive discrimination that favors female and young entrepreneurs as this discrimination is …

The purpose of this study is demonstrating why entrepreneurs should monitor the broad dollar index. This paper explains … for a certain entrepreneur attempting to start a new venture. The importance of the link between banks and entrepreneurs … has long been recognized. When the banking system is constrained, an entrepreneur should be informed. Entrepreneurs will …

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … environment and entrepreneurial characteristics affect individual decisions to become entrepreneurs and aspirations to set up high …

We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel … of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs. We find that females are less likely to export … of female entrepreneurs, this limitation does not explain their relative inability to leverage value from exports …