Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century Chile

Bernardita Escobar Andrae

Estudios de Economia, 2015, vol. 42, issue 2 Year 2015, 67-91

Abstract: This article studies female participation rates as entrepreneurs during the 1877-1908 period using data from the Santiago business license registry, census data and the trademark registry. The evidence reveals that business women in Santiago increased from 3 to 14 percent of the female labor force in the corresponding sectors analyzed during the period. The evidence shows women increasingly as business people: half of the economic sectors analyzed had female entrepreneurs while firms run by women increased from 13 to 20 percent in Santiago, but reached only 5 percent of national firms within the elite.

Keywords: Female entrepreneurship; economic history; economic development; Chile in late 19th century. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N86 N96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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