When They Work with Women, Do Men Get All the Credit?

Shusen Qi, Steven Ongena and Hua Cheng
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Shusen Qi: Xiamen University
Hua Cheng: University of Texas at Austin

No 18-01, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: We study discrimination against female entrepreneurs. We analyze bank lending to 6,422 firms in 22 transition countries, both at the extensive and intensive margin. We find that gender discrimination occurs only if a firm is both managed and owned by females, especially in localities where gender bias is acute or more domestic banks are present. In contrast if either the top manager or owner is male, we find no evidence of discrimination. Importantly, these results are not driven by females having inferior skills to males.

Keywords: Access to credit; gender; discrimination; entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 J16 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2018-01, Revised 2018-04
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