Business as Plan B: Institutional Foundations of Gender Inequality in Entrepreneurship across 24 Industrialized Countries

This article develops and empirically evaluates an institutional theory of gender inequalities in business start-up, ownership, and growth orientation. I argue that in contexts in which institutional arrangements such as paid leave, subsidized childcare, and part-time employment opportunities mitiga...

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Published in:	Administrative science quarterly Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 671 - 711
Main Author:	Thébaud, Sarah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2015 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Business Business growth Business ownership Child care Context Employment Employment opportunities Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Families & family life Family conflict Family policy Family work relationship Gender Gender equity Gender inequality Industrialized nations Inequality Job opportunities Manycountries New technology Occupational segregation Organization theory Owners Ownership Part time employment Representation Segregation Social theories Studies Technology Ventures Women Work Work life balance Working women growth-oriented entrepreneurship entrepreneurship work–family policy work–family conflict gender inequality
ISSN:	0001-8392, 1930-3815
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