Abstract Research Summary Extant research offers conflicting views about the size and
nature of gender‐related disparities in venture financing and venture performance. We …

Prior studies examining the performance of female-and male-owned firms have generally
reported that female-owned firms underperform male-owned firms. However, it is …

Abstract Using the World Bank Enterprise Survey data, we analyze performance gaps
between male-and female-owned companies in three regions—Eastern Europe and Central …

Female entrepreneurship is a growing trend in transition economies. This article focuses on
female entrepreneurs in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo (hereinafter ALMAKOS) and …

The authors summarize the extant literature on the relationship between gender and
entrepreneurship. They note significant quantitative gender differences in business entry …

This paper is about women entrepreneurs in Macedonia, conditions for female
entrepreneurship, perspectives for development and an array of problems that women …

Using a comprehensive dataset on micro, small, and medium enterprises in India, we
examine whether the gender of the owner matters in firm performance and in credit access …

Conventional wisdom asserts that women-owned firms underperform firms owned by men.
Studies reveal, however, that women and men do not differ in measures of firm survival or …

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, policymakers have been increasingly striving to
support female entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to …

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically
shows that the same class of interventions has significantly different outcomes depending on …