Female-Owned Firms in Latin America : Characteristics, Performance, and Obstacles To Growth / Bruhn, Miriam
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2009Description: Online-Ressource (28 p)Additional physical formats: Bruhn, Miriam: Female-Owned Firms in Latin America DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5122Online resources: Summary: 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 performancePPN: PPN: 834965054Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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