Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship: India's informal sector firms

Ira Gang, Rajesh Raj and Kunal Sen

No wp-2020-144, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: How does informal economic activity respond to increased financial inclusion? Does it become more entrepreneurial? Does access to new financing options change the gender configuration of informal economic activity and, if so, in what ways and what directions? We take advantage of nationwide data collected in 2010/11 and 2015/16 by India's National Sample Survey Office on unorganized (informal) enterprises. This period was one of rapid expansion of banking availability aimed particularly at the unbanked, under-banked, and women.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financial constraints; Gender; Informal sector; Difference-in-differences; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Journal Article: Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India’s Informal Sector Firms (2022)
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