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Patenting activity of women-owned businesses in Canada

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  • Chahreddine Abbes
  • Amélie Lafrance-Cooke
  • Danny Leung

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This article examines the patenting activity of women-owned businesses and compares it with that of men- and equally owned businesses, and businesses where gender of ownership cannot be determined. It adds to the literature on the gender n gap in patenting—most of the focus has been on women as researchers or inventors, and not as business owners. From 2001 to 2019, men-owned businesses accounted for a larger share of patent applications than women- and equally owned businesses, and the gender gap did not narrow over the period. The most striking differences between the men- and women-owned businesses that patent were in the propensity to conduct research and development (R&D) and the amount spent on R&D. Men-owned businesses were 16.5 percentage points more likely to have conducted R&D, and, conditional on conducting R&D, spent 70% more. This could help explain why men-owned firms that patent have more applications per firm, and why they have a higher rate of granted applications.

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  • Chahreddine Abbes & Amélie Lafrance-Cooke & Danny Leung, 2023. "Patenting activity of women-owned businesses in Canada," Economic and Social Reports 202300200003e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch.
    • Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp8e:202300200003e
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202300200003-eng
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    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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