Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia

Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia

Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over i...

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Main Authors: Alibhai, Salman, Buehren, Niklas, Papineni, Sreelakshmi, Pierotti, Rachael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
GENDER
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FIRMS
SECTOR CHOICE
OCCUPATIONS
CROSSOVERS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482051494945352045/Crossovers-female-entrepreneurs-who-enter-male-sectors-evidence-from-Ethiopia
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spelling okr-10986-267572021-06-08T14:42:46Z Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia Alibhai, Salman Buehren, Niklas Papineni, Sreelakshmi Pierotti, Rachael GENDER ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIRMS SECTOR CHOICE OCCUPATIONS CROSSOVERS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over into these sectors or prevent them from doing so? To examine this question, this paper uses data from Ethiopia to compare the firm performance and characteristics of women in male-dominated sectors (crossovers) with women who are in female-concentrated sectors (noncrossovers). The findings show that female-owned enterprises in male-dominated sectors perform better on average than those in female-concentrated sectors, with firms achieving higher profits and having more employees. The descriptive results show that crossovers do not necessarily have more education or greater skills than noncrossovers. Rather, women’s relationships and networks, especially those provided through male relatives, and being opportunity-driven entrepreneurs appear to influence the likelihood of entering a more-profitable, male-dominated sector. The study explores the implications and challenges of encouraging female entrepreneurs to enter male-dominated sectors, in an effort to provide new insight into how the earning gap between male and female entrepreneurs can be closed. 2017-05-24T16:56:14Z 2017-05-24T16:56:14Z 2017-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482051494945352045/Crossovers-female-entrepreneurs-who-enter-male-sectors-evidence-from-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26757 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8065 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia
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en_US
topic GENDER
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FIRMS
SECTOR CHOICE
OCCUPATIONS
CROSSOVERS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle GENDER
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FIRMS
SECTOR CHOICE
OCCUPATIONS
CROSSOVERS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Alibhai, Salman
Buehren, Niklas
Papineni, Sreelakshmi
Pierotti, Rachael
Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8065
description Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over into these sectors or prevent them from doing so? To examine this question, this paper uses data from Ethiopia to compare the firm performance and characteristics of women in male-dominated sectors (crossovers) with women who are in female-concentrated sectors (noncrossovers). The findings show that female-owned enterprises in male-dominated sectors perform better on average than those in female-concentrated sectors, with firms achieving higher profits and having more employees. The descriptive results show that crossovers do not necessarily have more education or greater skills than noncrossovers. Rather, women’s relationships and networks, especially those provided through male relatives, and being opportunity-driven entrepreneurs appear to influence the likelihood of entering a more-profitable, male-dominated sector. The study explores the implications and challenges of encouraging female entrepreneurs to enter male-dominated sectors, in an effort to provide new insight into how the earning gap between male and female entrepreneurs can be closed.
format Working Paper
author Alibhai, Salman
Buehren, Niklas
Papineni, Sreelakshmi
Pierotti, Rachael
author_facet Alibhai, Salman
Buehren, Niklas
Papineni, Sreelakshmi
Pierotti, Rachael
author_sort Alibhai, Salman
title Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Crossovers--Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort crossovers--female entrepreneurs who enter male sectors : evidence from ethiopia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/482051494945352045/Crossovers-female-entrepreneurs-who-enter-male-sectors-evidence-from-Ethiopia
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