What lottery wins reveal about the gender gap

Sarah Flèche, Anthony Lepinteur and Nattavudh Powdthavee

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Abstract: The UK has seen a rapid increase in self-employed workers over the last two decades, but only one-third are women. Sarah Flèche and colleagues analyse data on lottery winners to show that improving women's access to capital could help reduce the gender gap in entrepreneurial activity.

Keywords: gender inequality; self-employment; lottery wins; bhps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-02-22
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