The Playing Field of Innovative Entrepreneurship: A Multilevel Analysis of Institutional Effects on Female Entrepreneurship
Mehmet Nasih Tağ and
Duygu Hidiroğlu
Sosyoekonomi Journal, 2020, issue 28(44)
Abstract:
The low level of female participation among entrepreneurs is usually attributed to the inequality of opportunities between males and females. Thus, female entrepreneurship is argued to increase on a level playing field. Assuming that a country’s institutional environment shapes the playing field for entrepreneurship, this study attempts to investigate the effect of the institutional framework on the rate of early-stage innovative entrepreneurship by women. We develop a framework that relates innovative entrepreneurship to gender through four institutional variables: (i) Government support for entrepreneurship, (ii) entrepreneurial finance, (iii) commercial infrastructure and (iv) support for female entrepreneurship. We test this framework by analyzing a large sample of survey data from 93 countries using the mixed-effect logistic regression. The regression results are largely consistent with the framework constructed. Overall, the findings underscore the importance of the institutional environment in creating a conducive entrepreneurial ecosystem, and in enhancing female participation in entrepreneurial activities.
Keywords: Women Entrepreneurship; Equal Opportunity; Institutions; Innovative Entrepreneurship; Multi-Level Analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D73 J16 M13 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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