Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship

Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such...

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Main Authors: Fang, Sheng, Shamseldin, Heba M.M., Xu, L. Colin
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404861576511949229/Foreign-Direct-Investment-and-Female-Entrepreneurship
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spelling okr-10986-330522022-09-20T00:12:34Z Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship Fang, Sheng Shamseldin, Heba M.M. Xu, L. Colin ENTERPRISE SURVEYS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION ACCESS TO FINANCE EDUCATION ATTAINMENT Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such as business environment and female empowerment, and their interactions with foreign direct investment. Female entrepreneurship rises with foreign direct investment inflow, lower entry barriers for women, women's better access to finance, higher female labor force participation, and women's better education. The positive association of foreign direct investment inflow and female entrepreneurship is stronger for firms in the service sectors and small firms. The horizontal competition effects of intra-industry foreign direct investment for female entrepreneurship are reduced when women face lower entry barriers for starting a business and have a higher labor force participation rate, and the effects do not depend on women's access to finance or their level of education. 2019-12-19T16:32:48Z 2019-12-19T16:32:48Z 2019-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404861576511949229/Foreign-Direct-Investment-and-Female-Entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33052 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9083 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
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topic ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
spellingShingle ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT
Fang, Sheng
Shamseldin, Heba M.M.
Xu, L. Colin
Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9083
description Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such as business environment and female empowerment, and their interactions with foreign direct investment. Female entrepreneurship rises with foreign direct investment inflow, lower entry barriers for women, women's better access to finance, higher female labor force participation, and women's better education. The positive association of foreign direct investment inflow and female entrepreneurship is stronger for firms in the service sectors and small firms. The horizontal competition effects of intra-industry foreign direct investment for female entrepreneurship are reduced when women face lower entry barriers for starting a business and have a higher labor force participation rate, and the effects do not depend on women's access to finance or their level of education.
format Working Paper
author Fang, Sheng
Shamseldin, Heba M.M.
Xu, L. Colin
author_facet Fang, Sheng
Shamseldin, Heba M.M.
Xu, L. Colin
author_sort Fang, Sheng
title Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
title_short Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
title_full Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
title_sort foreign direct investment and female entrepreneurship
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404861576511949229/Foreign-Direct-Investment-and-Female-Entrepreneurship
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33052
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