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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

What can we do to foster women’s entrepreneurial opportunities? Microfinance services can bridge the gap between poor households and financial services by smoothing cash flow and building assets. Discover research in this area that examines how, for whom, and why particular financial products and designs work.

Networking Frictions in Venture Capital, and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

In venture capital (VC) competitions, exposure to more VC judges increases male, but not female, participants’ chances of founding a VC-backed startup. This is in part due to male participants' increased likelihood of proactively reaching out to judges after the competition.
Sabrina T. Howell, Ramana Nanda
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We Ask Men to Win and Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding

Start-up funders tend to ask men about how they will promote success and women about how they will prevent failure, contributing to the gender gap in funding allocation.  Replying to prevention-focused questions with promotion-focused answers can help founders counter biased motivational questions.
Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark A. Conley, E. Tory Higgins
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Gender and venture capital decision-making: The effects
 of technical background and social capital on entrepreneurial evaluations

In the high-tech industry, women without technical expertise are less likely to be awarded venture capital than their male counterparts who lack this same technical expertise. This gender gap does not exist when comparing men and women who both possess technical skill.
Justine Tinkler, Kjersten Bunker Whittington, Manwai C. Ku, Andrea Rees Davies
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Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana

In-kind grants of inventory, equipment, and supplies increase business profits for a significant proportion of female-owned microenterprises in urban Ghana, whereas cash transfers do not.
Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff
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Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men

Investors preferred pitches presented by male entrepreneurs compared to pitches made by female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitch is the same. Attractive men were particularly persuasive, whereas physical attractiveness did not matter among female entrepreneurs.
Alison Wood Brooks, Laura Huang, Sarah Wood Kearney, Fiona E. Murray
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Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa. 
Paul M. Pronyk, James R. Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda A. Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, John D. H. Porter
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Topic Overview

Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Icon
Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

What can we do to foster women’s entrepreneurial opportunities? Microfinance services can bridge the gap between poor households and financial services by smoothing cash flow and building assets. Discover research in this area that examines how, for whom, and why particular financial products and designs work.

We Ask Men to Win and Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding

Start-up funders tend to ask men about how they will promote success and women about how they will prevent failure, contributing to the gender gap in funding allocation.  Replying to prevention-focused questions with promotion-focused answers can help founders counter biased motivational questions.
Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark A. Conley, E. Tory Higgins
Read More

Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana

In-kind grants of inventory, equipment, and supplies increase business profits for a significant proportion of female-owned microenterprises in urban Ghana, whereas cash transfers do not.
Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff
Read More

Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa. 
Paul M. Pronyk, James R. Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda A. Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, John D. H. Porter
Read More

Networking Frictions in Venture Capital, and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

In venture capital (VC) competitions, exposure to more VC judges increases male, but not female, participants’ chances of founding a VC-backed startup. This is in part due to male participants' increased likelihood of proactively reaching out to judges after the competition.
Sabrina T. Howell, Ramana Nanda
Read More

Gender and venture capital decision-making: The effects
 of technical background and social capital on entrepreneurial evaluations

In the high-tech industry, women without technical expertise are less likely to be awarded venture capital than their male counterparts who lack this same technical expertise. This gender gap does not exist when comparing men and women who both possess technical skill.
Justine Tinkler, Kjersten Bunker Whittington, Manwai C. Ku, Andrea Rees Davies
Read More

Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men

Investors preferred pitches presented by male entrepreneurs compared to pitches made by female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitch is the same. Attractive men were particularly persuasive, whereas physical attractiveness did not matter among female entrepreneurs.
Alison Wood Brooks, Laura Huang, Sarah Wood Kearney, Fiona E. Murray
Read More