Using 2005 firm level data for 26 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, this paper estimates performance gaps between male and female-owned businesses, while controlling for location by industry and country. The findings show that female entrepreneurs have a significantly smaller scale of operations (as measured by sales revenues) and are less efficient in terms of total factor productivity, although the difference is small. However, women entrepreneurs...
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2008/09/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4705
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Does gender matter for firm performance ? evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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female entrepreneur
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