The gender gap in federal and private support for entrepreneurship

The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender differences in access to private investment when attempting to develop a new technology. In this paper, we use data collected by the National Research Council of the National Academies to est...

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Published inSmall business economics Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 729 - 733
Main Authors Gicheva, Dora, Link, Albert N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer 01.12.2015
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Age
Business and Management
Censuses
Economic models
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Entrepreneurship
Funding
Gender differences
Industrial Organization
Innovations
Investigations
Management
Microeconomics
Small business
Studies
Variables
Venture capital
Women owned businesses
United States > US
Private investments
L26
Innovation
Technology
O38
Entrepreneurship
Gender
O31
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Summary:The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender differences in access to private investment when attempting to develop a new technology. In this paper, we use data collected by the National Research Council of the National Academies to estimate differences between the probability that a female-owned firm and a male-owned firm, both conducting research funded by the Small Business Innovation Research program, will receive private investment funding to help to commercialize the funded technology. We find that female-owned firms are disadvantaged in their access to private investment, especially in the West and Northeast regions of the USA.
ISSN:0921-898X
1573-0913
DOI:10.1007/s11187-015-9664-y