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Development and gender: Longitudinal entrepreneurial gender effects of the inner-city Johannesburg street-trading context

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An empirical investigation was undertaken into entrepreneurial gender effects within the inner-city street-trading context of Johannesburg, a large South African city. A cross-sectional non-parametric quantitative research design was applied in each of three consecutive years, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and a longitudinal investigation was enabled. Differences in earnings, rental stand operation, and the effects of specific and general human capital by gender were tested using non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis methods. Further testing of the non-parametric associations of each factor by gender was undertaken using non-parametric Spearman rho and Kendall tau measures. Male traders are found to earn more. However, a return on specific and general human capital is found for female traders. Security threats in this context might have a disproportionate effect on female street traders, and most specifically on female street traders of foreign origin.

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  • Chris W Callaghan, 2014. "Development and gender: Longitudinal entrepreneurial gender effects of the inner-city Johannesburg street-trading context," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(3), pages 412-426, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:31:y:2014:i:3:p:412-426
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2014.887995
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