2.3. Female Entrepreneurship

Question 1

What factors could explain the gender-gap in Entrepreneurs?

Answer 1

Economic explanations:
- w have higher opp costs: more costly to spend time in the firm
- society is in favour of male leaders
Behavioural explanations:
- w shy away from competition
- w are less risk-taking than m
- w overestimate themselfs less than m
- w have lower exposure to other E than men --> less networking

Question 2

What makes GEM data suitable for Koellinger, Minniti and Schade´s research on E. gender differences?

Answer 2

• nacent Entrepreneurs: good measure of entrepreneurial propensity
• differentiation between 3 stages of E makes it possible to examine the whole process
• large scale meta study

Question 3

What are the main results of the Koellinger, Minniti and Schade paper on E. gender differences?

Answer 3

• women are less likely to think they have enough skill

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Question 4

Which types of female entrepreneurs can be distinguished according to Goffe and Scase?

Answer 4

• conventional:- accepts classical sex role, little support by partner, money making in the first place
• domestic: classical sex role, primary motive: self-realisation
• innovative: no sex role, business ideals important
• radical: E. as step to equality