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Tackling the Global Profitarchy: Gender and the Choice of Business Sector

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dc.contributor.authorGonzalez Martinez, Paula
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, Markus
dc.contributor.authorPapineni, Sreelakshmi
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-30T20:00:32Z
dc.date.available2019-05-30T20:00:32Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractSectoral segregation is often used to explain a large part of a well-documented gender earnings gap in business profits. Women tend to sort into different sectors than men, and the sectors dominated by women tend to be less profitable. This paper investigates the horizonal dimension of sectoral segregation by studying global data on female and male enterprises operating in sectors that are typically dominated by the same and opposite sex. The analysis uses the novel Future of Business dataset, which spans 97 countries and was administered to enterprise owners, managers, and employees who use Facebook. The analysis finds that some of the earnings gap can indeed be explained by sector choice: female-owned businesses in male-dominated sectors make significantly higher profits than those in traditionally female sectors. The evidence points to a hierarchy of earnings, with male-owned businesses in male-dominated sectors earning the most, women in male-dominated sectors and men in female-concentrated sectors in the middle tier, and women in female-concentrated sectors at the bottom. Correlational analysis suggests that women who own businesses in male-dominated sectors are younger, married, and more likely to have inherited the business than women in female-concentrated sectors. They have similar education to women in female-concentrated sectors and present higher self-efficacy but lower entrepreneurial identity and commitment to the sector. Male support networks appear to be key for female-owned firms, with co-ownership with husbands and male role models factoring into the decision to cross over.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/734371558715932769/Tackling-the-Global-Profitarchy-Gender-and-the-Choice-of-Business-Sector
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8865
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31747
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8865
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISES
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGENDER EARNINGS GAP
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleTackling the Global Profitarchyen
dc.title.subtitleGender and the Choice of Business Sectoren
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleTackling the Global Profitarchy: Gender and the Choice of Business Sector
okr.date.disclosure2019-05-30
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/734371558715932769/Tackling-the-Global-Profitarchy-Gender-and-the-Choice-of-Business-Sector
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8865
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum31103475
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
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okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Microenterprises
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Small and Medium Size Enterprises
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.unitGender Innovation Lab, Africa Region and Gender Global Theme
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