The Gendered Aspects of Age Capital for Entering Entrepreneurship

Isabella Moore Cbe (), Judy Scully () and Nick Theodorakopoulos ()
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Isabella Moore Cbe: Aston Business School
Judy Scully: Aston Business School
Nick Theodorakopoulos: Aston Business School

Chapter Chapter 1 in Engines of Economic Prosperity, 2021, pp 1-20 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Despite an increase in entrepreneurial activity among older people, the gap between male and female rates of venture creation remains. This study has adopted a qualitative methodologyQualitative methods to examine the role of entrepreneurial capitals on the formation of entrepreneurial actions between both older men and women. A key aim of this research has been to understand why older women fail to keep pace with older men in venture creation. While recognising the multiplicity of characteristics that intersect with age, such as ethnicity, this study has focused only on the role of age and genderGender on individuals contemplating entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship in later life. By proposing a more nuanced gendered view of later-life entrepreneurshipLater-life entrepreneurship, this research provides an important stimulus to current research, which has largely focused on later-life entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship as a unitary phenomenon and feeds into debates on ageingAgeing and ageism.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76088-5_1

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