The rise of female entrepreneurs: New evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints |
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| Institution: | 1. European Central Bank, Germany;2. Tufts University, United States;1. Cranfield University Cranfield School of Management Cranfield Bedford MK43 0AL, UK;2. University of Leicester University of Leicester School of Business Ken Edwards Building University Road Leicester LE1 7RH, UK;3. Ca'' Foscari University in Venice Department of Management Dorsoduro 3246, Venice, Veneto 30123, Italy;1. New York University, United States;2. Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy;3. Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, United States;4. Population Studies Group, University of Pennsylvania, United States;5. NBER, United States;6. IZA, Germany;7. HCEO, United States |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we study the importance of liquidity constraints for entrepreneurial activity, using previously unexplored data from the UK. Using inheritances as an instrument, IV estimates reveal that single women drive the overall relationship between personal wealth and the propensity to start a new business. Defining business ownership rather than self-employment as the entrepreneurial outcome measure is also shown to be critical. Using self-employment leads to selection bias and underestimates the impact of personal wealth. The results imply that efforts aimed at relieving the liquidity constraints of single women could help further accelerate the recent rise of female entrepreneurship. |
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| Keywords: | Entrepreneurship Liquidity constraints |
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