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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.

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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 (2019)
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Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India

The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Solène Delecourt, Odyssia Ng (2019)
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Don’t Pitch Like a Girl!: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Investor Decisions

Entrepreneurs displaying stereotypically “feminine” behaviors during venture capital “elevator pitch competitions” are less likely to be selected as finalists regardless of actual gender. 
Lakshmi Balachandra, Tony Briggs, Kim Eddleston, Candida Brush (2017)
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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 (2018)
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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 (2015)
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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 (2014)
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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 (2014)
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The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions

While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta, Daniel B. Turban, Nachiket M. Bhawe (2008)
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Gender Differences in a Cooperation Game: Evidence from the Field in Matrilineal, Patriarchal and Gender-Neutral Societies

Female borrowers display better repayment behavior than males, irrespective of the roles they play in society and the nature of the loan.
Sugato Chakravarty, S. M. Zahid Iqbal, Abu Zafar M. Shahriar (2015)
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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 (2006)
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Topic Overview

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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.

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Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India

The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Solène Delecourt, Odyssia Ng (2019)
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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 (2018)
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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 (2014)
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The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions

While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta, Daniel B. Turban, Nachiket M. Bhawe (2008)
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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 (2006)
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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 (2019)
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Don’t Pitch Like a Girl!: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Investor Decisions

Entrepreneurs displaying stereotypically “feminine” behaviors during venture capital “elevator pitch competitions” are less likely to be selected as finalists regardless of actual gender. 
Lakshmi Balachandra, Tony Briggs, Kim Eddleston, Candida Brush (2017)
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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 (2015)
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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 (2014)
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Gender Differences in a Cooperation Game: Evidence from the Field in Matrilineal, Patriarchal and Gender-Neutral Societies

Female borrowers display better repayment behavior than males, irrespective of the roles they play in society and the nature of the loan.
Sugato Chakravarty, S. M. Zahid Iqbal, Abu Zafar M. Shahriar (2015)
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