Publication: Breaking Barriers: Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
Date
2022-02-03
ISSN
Published
2022-02-03
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The report focuses on sectoral choice
as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm
performance. It explores the difference in profits among
female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated
sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally
female-concentrated sectors (FCS). The report provides a
snapshot of the factors associated with being a female
entrepreneur who crosses over to MDS, including the most
salient cross-country ones that are associated with breaking
into and surviving in these sectors. Based on this analysis,
it offers evidence-based programs and policies which can
support women to cross over into more profitable sectors and
contribute to their business performance more generally. The
studies in this report were conducted across three regions
and in ten countries (Sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana, Uganda,
Ethiopia, and Guinea, in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Peru and Mexico, and in East Asia and Pacific: Cambodia, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Vietnam, and Indonesia).
The report also draws from the findings of the global
multi-country future of business survey of entrepreneurs
carried out through a social media platform.
Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Breaking Barriers: Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36940 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”