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Women-Led Enterprises in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorCebeci, Tolga
dc.contributor.authorEssmat, Sammar
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-22T18:43:06Z
dc.date.available2016-11-22T18:43:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractThe Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys 2013 (BEEPS orEnterprise Surveys) conducted by the World Bank provides new opportunities to betterunderstand obstacles to female entrepreneurship in Turkey and thereby develop morefocused policies to improve it. The last BEEPS for Turkey, conducted between January 2013 and May 2014, covers 1,344 enterprises that employ at least 5 people and operate in industry or services all around Turkey. Those who are identified as “the top manager”,“the main decision maker” and “owner/one of the owners (by any share in the capital)of the enterprise” in the survey are referred to as the “leader of the enterprise” for the purpose of this study. It is well documented that participation of women in economic life in Turkey is too lowboth compared to that of men in the country and that of women in countries of similarper capita income. This gender gap in economic participation is observed not only inparticipation in the labor market, but also in entrepreneurship. Although women in most countries lag behind men in entrepreneurship, the gap is particularly large in Turkey.Achieving gender equity in economic life is one of the main areas covered by the Turkey Country Partnership Strategy of the World Bank Group. One of the projects that the Bank has been implementing together with the Ministry of Family and Social Policies tothis end is the “Increasing Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities”. This study aims to contribute to the project by identifying and analyzing gender aspects ofentrepreneurship in Turkey. In addition to the main survey that includes questions about the business environment, a separate module on gender was included in the 2013 Turkey survey. The purpose of the gender module was to get a better understanding of the profiles and performance of enterprises led by women as well as the profiles of what we define as womencompany leaders. The outline of this study is as follows: The second section compares profiles ofentrepreneurs led by men versus those led by women. So, the basic characteristics ofenterprises are compared by gender of the leader. The third section compares theprofiles of the company leaders themselves. The forth section analyzes performances ofenterprises by gender of the leader and finally the fifth section analyses the perceptionof business environment constraints by gender of the business leader.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820221479289934040/Women-led-enterprises-in-Turkey
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/25409
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25409
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectwomen entrepreneurs
dc.subjectsmall and medium-sized enterprises
dc.subjectbusiness environment
dc.subjectgender
dc.titleWomen-Led Enterprises in Turkeyen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
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okr.crossref.titleWomen-Led Enterprises in Turkey
okr.date.disclosure2016-11-16
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:47:13.571789Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820221479289934040/Women-led-enterprises-in-Turkey
okr.guid820221479289934040
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0846fca9e_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum26942374
okr.identifier.report110297
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820221479289934040/pdf/110297-WP-P146215-PUBLIC-BEEPSENG.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryTurkiye
okr.sectorFinance :: SME Finance
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development :: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise support
okr.themeSocial dev/gender/inclusion :: Gender
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Business Environment
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Small and Medium Size Enterprises
okr.unitPoverty GP ECA (GPV03)
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