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Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century Chile

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This article studies female participation rates as entrepreneurs during the 1877-1908 period using data from the Santiago business license registry, census data and the trademark registry. The evidence reveals that business women in Santiago increased from 3 to 14 percent of the female labor force in the corresponding sectors analyzed during the period. The evidence shows women increasingly as business people: half of the economic sectors analyzed had female entrepreneurs while firms run by women increased from 13 to 20 percent in Santiago, but reached only 5 percent of national firms within the elite.

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  • Bernardita Escobar Andrae, 2015. "Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century Chile," Estudios de Economia, University of Chile, Department of Economics, vol. 42(2 Year 20), pages 67-91, December.
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    1. Andrea Bentancor, 2022. "Women’s Entrepreneurship and Government Policy: Facilitating Access to Credit through a National Program in Chile," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, January.

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    • N86 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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