Gender Differences in Access to Private Investment Funding to Support the Development of New Technologies

Samantha R. Bradley (), Dora Gicheva, Lydia Hassell () and Albert Link
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Samantha R. Bradley: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics
Lydia Hassell: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

No 13-9, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: Our descriptive analysis of a random sample of businesses that received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards shows that female-owned businesses are disadvantaged, compared to male-owned businesses, in their ability to attract alternative investment funding to commercialize their technology-based innovations. Differences in the probability of receiving such financial support are most evident in the West and Northeast Census region states. Respectively, in states in those regions female-owned businesses are 17 and 9 percentage points less likely to attract alternative investment funding.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2013-05-15
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