Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth
This paper examines the characteristics and performance of female-owned firms in Latin America. Data from firm surveys show that female-owned firms tend to be smaller than male-owned firms in terms of employees, sales, costs, and physical capital. Female-owned firms also have lower profits than male-owned firms, but for larger firms this difference disappears after controlling for labor and capital inputs. Medium-size and large female-owned firms are as productive as male-owned firms of the same size, although micro and small female-owned firms are less productive than male-owned firms. There is no evidence that the differences between female and male-owned firms are due to differences in access to finance or regulatory burdens. However, this paper finds a negative correlation between child care and household obligations and female-owned firm size and performance.
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dig-okr-10986199612024-08-08T16:14:41Z Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth Bruhn, Miriam Bruhn, Miriam entrepreneurship farm ownership firm ownership female-owned child care responsibilities This paper examines the characteristics and performance of female-owned firms in Latin America. Data from firm surveys show that female-owned firms tend to be smaller than male-owned firms in terms of employees, sales, costs, and physical capital. Female-owned firms also have lower profits than male-owned firms, but for larger firms this difference disappears after controlling for labor and capital inputs. Medium-size and large female-owned firms are as productive as male-owned firms of the same size, although micro and small female-owned firms are less productive than male-owned firms. There is no evidence that the differences between female and male-owned firms are due to differences in access to finance or regulatory burdens. However, this paper finds a negative correlation between child care and household obligations and female-owned firm size and performance. 2014-09-02T22:03:00Z 2014-09-02T22:03:00Z 2009-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11525121/female-owned-firms-latin-america-characteristics-performance-obstacles-growth https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19961 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5122 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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This paper examines the characteristics
and performance of female-owned firms in Latin America. Data
from firm surveys show that female-owned firms tend to be
smaller than male-owned firms in terms of employees, sales,
costs, and physical capital. Female-owned firms also have
lower profits than male-owned firms, but for larger firms
this difference disappears after controlling for labor and
capital inputs. Medium-size and large female-owned firms are
as productive as male-owned firms of the same size, although
micro and small female-owned firms are less productive than
male-owned firms. There is no evidence that the differences
between female and male-owned firms are due to differences
in access to finance or regulatory burdens. However, this
paper finds a negative correlation between child care and
household obligations and female-owned firm size and performance. |
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entrepreneurship farm ownership firm ownership female-owned child care responsibilities |
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Bruhn, Miriam Bruhn, Miriam |
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Bruhn, Miriam Bruhn, Miriam |
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Bruhn, Miriam |
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Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth |
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Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth |
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Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth |
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Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth |
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Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles to Growth |
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female-owned firms in latin america : characteristics, performance, and obstacles to growth |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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