Publication: Do Crises Hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis
Date
2020-09-10
ISSN
Published
2020-09-10
Author(s)
Ahmed, Tanima
Muzi, Silvia
Ueda, Kohei
Abstract
While efforts are currently in place to
collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008
financial crisis to gain insights on possible differential
effects of crises on female and male entrepreneurs.
Specially, the note uses firm-level data collected
immediately after the 2008 financial crisis in six countries
in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Bulgaria, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Turkey) to look at two
aspects of the differential effect of the crisis. First,
whether there is a difference in the exit rate for firms
with male vs. female top managers; and second, whether,
among firms that stayed in business, female-managed firms
are affected disproportionally. Results show that firms run
by female top managers are more likely to exit the market.
Secondly, when able to stay in business, male and
female-managed firms suffered a similar impact in the short
term; however, female-managed firms suffered more than
male-managed firms in the longer term.
Citation
“Ahmed, Tanima; Muzi, Silvia; Ueda, Kohei. 2020. Do Crises Hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis; Do Crises Hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis. Enterprise Note Series;No. 39. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34458 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”