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Private Investment to Support New Technologies: Quantifying Gender Differences

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  • Samantha R. Bradley

    (RTI International)

  • Dora Gicheva

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

  • Lydia Hassell

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

  • Albert N. Link

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

Abstract

The role of gender in entrepreneurship has been thoroughly investigated. However, less is known about gender differences in access to private investment when attempting to develop a new technology. In this paper we use data collected by the National Research Council of the National Academies to estimate differences between the probability that a female-owned firm and a male-owned firm, both conducting research funded by the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, will receive private investment funding to help to commercialize the funded technology. We find that female-owned firms are disadvantaged in their access to private investment, especially in the West and Northeast regions of the United States.

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  • Samantha R. Bradley & Dora Gicheva & Lydia Hassell & Albert N. Link, 2013. "Private Investment to Support New Technologies: Quantifying Gender Differences," UNCG Economics Working Papers 13-11, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Private investments; Gender; Technology; Innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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