Replication data for: Mind The (Profit) Gap: Why Are Female Enterprise Owners Earning Less Than Men?
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Morgan Hardy; Gisella Kagy
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Project Citation:
Hardy, Morgan, and Kagy, Gisella. Replication data for: Mind The (Profit) Gap: Why Are Female Enterprise Owners Earning Less Than Men? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114439V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We explore potential causes for the well-documented profit gap between male- and female-owned microenterprises in low-income countries. We use rich data from an ongoing field project in Ghana's garment making sector, and our study sample consists of all garment making firms in a midsize district capital. Even within the same industry, male-owned firms earn nearly twice as much profit as female-owned firms. Furthermore, we find the large and persistent gender difference in profits cannot be explained by our extensive firm- and owner-level characteristics. We conclude that factors outside of individual firm or firm-owner characteristics are likely to be at play.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L26 Entrepreneurship
L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
L26 Entrepreneurship
L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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