Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Gender

Tessa Conroy () and Stephan Weiler
Additional contact information
Tessa Conroy: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension

Chapter Chapter 5 in Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 1, 2017, pp 85-94 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The relationship between the rate of business formation and growth has long been a widely accepted but empirically nearly-neglected foundation in economics. Regional economic analysis creates the possibility of a tractable geographic scope to better capture this relationship. Along with the more recent availability of regional data with the necessary depth and breadth to properly evaluate such a framework, these analyses have finally begun to clarify the clear and often surprising links between entrepreneurship and growth. Some of the most intriguing and promising perspectives come from the additional consideration of gender within this entrepreneurship/growth structure. Women are underrepresented in entrepreneurial initiatives even in the most advanced economies, yet are quickly becoming the dominant new entrants in the highly-skilled segment of the labor force. This labor supply is the likely source of the most innovative entrepreneurial initiatives, with the greatest potential for economic value-added and job creation.

Keywords: Geographical Information System; Young Firm; Computable General Equilibrium Model; Woman Entrepreneur; Small Business Loan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-319-50547-3_5

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319505473

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50547-3_5

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Advances in Spatial Science from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().