This article documents the existence of an intensive margin of the gender gap in innovative entrepreneurship. Not only there are fewer women than men who become entrepreneurs, but female entrepreneurs also hold smaller equity stakes, make less substantial investments, and are less frequently appointed as firm executives compared to their male counterparts. Leveraging the context of emergency contraception deregulation in Italy and varying abortion service accessibility, I find that mitigating maternity risk narrows these gaps. Consequently, female-led firms become riskier and more attractive to venture capital investors during their early stages.

Female Innovative Entrepreneurship and Maternity Risk / Core, Fabrizio. - In: REVIEW OF FINANCE. - ISSN 1572-3097. - 28:4(2024), pp. 1383-1418. [10.1093/rof/rfae014]

Female Innovative Entrepreneurship and Maternity Risk

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2024

Abstract

This article documents the existence of an intensive margin of the gender gap in innovative entrepreneurship. Not only there are fewer women than men who become entrepreneurs, but female entrepreneurs also hold smaller equity stakes, make less substantial investments, and are less frequently appointed as firm executives compared to their male counterparts. Leveraging the context of emergency contraception deregulation in Italy and varying abortion service accessibility, I find that mitigating maternity risk narrows these gaps. Consequently, female-led firms become riskier and more attractive to venture capital investors during their early stages.
2024
entrepreneurship, contraception, gender gap
Female Innovative Entrepreneurship and Maternity Risk / Core, Fabrizio. - In: REVIEW OF FINANCE. - ISSN 1572-3097. - 28:4(2024), pp. 1383-1418. [10.1093/rof/rfae014]
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