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Women entrepreneurs in France

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  • Virginie Vial
  • Katia Richomme-Huet

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Despite supposedly supportive institutions and quasi-gender equality in employment rate, only 30% of French entrepreneurs are women. Using the 5Ms framework, we illustrate and explain the entrepreneurship gender gap in the French institutional context. To this end, we worked with a quantitative study using the large SINE database, which contains information on 48,251 new entrepreneurs. Although women are still mostly confined to traditionally gendered sectors and start smaller projects despite seemingly unconstrained access to finance, they outperform men in terms of management but fail to get outside support. However, mothers conversely struggle to get finance but innovate in sales, products and service. Our results call for a redefinition of classical concepts and measurements in entrepreneurship.

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  • Virginie Vial & Katia Richomme-Huet, 2017. "Women entrepreneurs in France," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 30(1), pages 80-109.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:30:y:2017:i:1:p:80-109
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    Cited by:

    1. Constanze Eib & Steffi Siegert, 2019. "Is Female Entrepreneurship Only Empowering for Single Women? Evidence from France and Germany," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Rafik Abdesselam & Jean Bonnet & Ibrahima Dia, 2022. "Female Entrepreneurship in Dakar: A Multidimensional Approach Where the Entrepreneurial Culture Reflects the Sociological Diversity of Female Entrepreneurs in Dakar," Post-Print hal-03828941, HAL.
    3. Abdullah Promise Opute & Kalu Ibe Kalu & Ogechi Adeola & Chux Gervase Iwu, 2021. "Steering Sustainable Economic Growth: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Approach," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 7(2), pages 216-245, July.

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