Patenting activity of women-owned businesses in Canada

Chahreddine Abbes, Amélie Lafrance-Cooke and Danny Leung

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: This article examines the patenting activity of women-owned businesses and compares it with that of men- and equally owned businesses, and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be determined. It adds to the literature on the gender n gap in patenting—most of the focus has been on women as researchers or inventors, and not as business owners. From 2001 to 2019, men-owned businesses accounted for a larger share of patent applications than women- and equally owned businesses, and the gender gap did not narrow over the period. The most striking differences between the men- and women-owned businesses that patent were in the propensity to conduct research and development (R&D) and the amount spent on R&D. Men-owned businesses were 16.5 percentage points more likely to have conducted R&D, and, conditional on conducting R&D, spent 70% more. This could help explain why men-owned firms that patent have more applications per firm, and why they have a higher rate of granted applications.

Keywords: business performance; ownership; patents; copyrights; trademarks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-02-22
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202300200003-eng

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