Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns

We report on a field experiment providing random grants to microenterprise owners. The grants generated large profit increases for male owners but not for female owners. We show that the gender gap does not simply mask differences in ability, risk aversion, entrepreneurial attitudes, or differences...

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Main Authors: de Mel, Suresh, McKenzie, David, Woodruff, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5592