Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru

Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru

A commonly held view is that female-owned businesses suffer from many disadvantages compared to male-owned businesses. These disadvantages lead, in turn, to relatively lower levels of efficiency and smaller firm-size among female-owned businesses—t...

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Main Author: Amin, Mohammad
Format: Survey
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
GENDER
FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
FIRM SIZE
INFORMALITY
INFORMAL FIRM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792431616787154093/Labor-Productivity-Firm-size-and-Gender-The-Case-of-Informal-Firms-in-Argentina-and-Peru
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spelling okr-10986-353302021-06-14T10:35:26Z Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru Amin, Mohammad GENDER FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ACCESS TO FINANCE FIRM SIZE INFORMALITY INFORMAL FIRM A commonly held view is that female-owned businesses suffer from many disadvantages compared to male-owned businesses. These disadvantages lead, in turn, to relatively lower levels of efficiency and smaller firm-size among female-owned businesses—the female owned firms under-performance hypothesis. Using data on unregistered firms in Argentina and Peru, the female-owned firms under-performance hypothesis is confirmed. The gender based difference in efficiency and firm-size holds within the full sample and no more than 25 percent to 30 percent of the difference can be explained by variations in firm characteristics. The gender based gap in performance also holds within various sub-samples of firms, although the magnitude of the difference does vary across the sub-samples. 2021-03-29T16:11:53Z 2021-03-29T16:11:53Z 2011 Survey http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792431616787154093/Labor-Productivity-Firm-size-and-Gender-The-Case-of-Informal-Firms-in-Argentina-and-Peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35330 English Enterprise Note Series;No. 22 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank and the International Finance Corporation World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Argentina Peru
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topic GENDER
FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
FIRM SIZE
INFORMALITY
INFORMAL FIRM
spellingShingle GENDER
FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
ACCESS TO FINANCE
FIRM SIZE
INFORMALITY
INFORMAL FIRM
Amin, Mohammad
Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina
Peru
relation Enterprise Note Series;No. 22
description A commonly held view is that female-owned businesses suffer from many disadvantages compared to male-owned businesses. These disadvantages lead, in turn, to relatively lower levels of efficiency and smaller firm-size among female-owned businesses—the female owned firms under-performance hypothesis. Using data on unregistered firms in Argentina and Peru, the female-owned firms under-performance hypothesis is confirmed. The gender based difference in efficiency and firm-size holds within the full sample and no more than 25 percent to 30 percent of the difference can be explained by variations in firm characteristics. The gender based gap in performance also holds within various sub-samples of firms, although the magnitude of the difference does vary across the sub-samples.
format Survey
author Amin, Mohammad
author_facet Amin, Mohammad
author_sort Amin, Mohammad
title Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
title_short Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
title_full Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
title_fullStr Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
title_full_unstemmed Labor Productivity, Firm-size and Gender : The Case of Informal Firms in Argentina and Peru
title_sort labor productivity, firm-size and gender : the case of informal firms in argentina and peru
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792431616787154093/Labor-Productivity-Firm-size-and-Gender-The-Case-of-Informal-Firms-in-Argentina-and-Peru
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