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<p>The gender inequality is the hot topic for most countries in the world. However, sometimes the talks about the risks and threats are more dramatic than the reality is. The paper aims to test the gender gap in the selected states and to consider the hypothesis that gender matters in entrepreneurial activity. The methodology of the regression and statistical analyses is proposed to access the main hypothesis and to trace the dynamics of the gender indexes and ranks. The preliminary results show that gender affects the level of entrepreneurial activity; besides government support programs and socio-cultural factors have a significant impact as well. The valid results for all states represented positive correlation and dependence between Entrepreneurial Motivation for TEA and Female/Male ratio for all analysed states. We can conclude that the change in the ratio of women and men engaged in entrepreneurial activity in the state (i.e. Poland) will affect the level of business innovation. For example, when the gender structure of entrepreneurs in Poland changes towards the number of women compared to men, the level of innovation of products and services will increase, or vice versa.</p>
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The gender inequality is the hot topic for most countries in the world. However, sometimes the talks about the risks and threats are more dramatic than the reality is. The paper aims to test the gender gap in the selected states and to consider the hypothesis that gender matters in entrepreneurial activity. The methodology of the regression and statistical analyses is proposed to access the main hypothesis and to trace the dynamics of the gender indexes and ranks. The preliminary results show that gender affects the level of entrepreneurial activity; besides government support programs and socio-cultural factors have a significant impact as well. The valid results for all states represented positive correlation and dependence between Entrepreneurial Motivation for TEA and Female/Male ratio for all analysed states. We can conclude that the change in the ratio of women and men engaged in entrepreneurial activity in the state (i.e. Poland) will affect the level of business innovation. For example, when the gender structure of entrepreneurs in Poland changes towards the number of women compared to men, the level of innovation of products and services will increase, or vice versa.

Gender Matters for the Entrepreneurial Activity: Case of European States

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Studies in Business and Economics

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The gender inequality is the hot topic for most countries in the world. However, sometimes the talks about the risks and threats are more dramatic than the...

Gender Matters for the Entrepreneurial Activity: Case of European States

Published Online: Jan 26, 2021

Page range: 287 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2020-0059

Keywords
econometric models, gender equality, economic growth

© 2020 Kharlamova Ganna et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gender Matters for the Entrepreneurial Activity: Case of European States

Published Online: Jan 26, 2021

Page range: 287 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2020-0059

Keywordseconometric models, gender equality, economic growth

© 2020 Kharlamova Ganna et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
econometric models, gender equality, economic growth