The Myth of Female Credit Discrimination in African Manufacturing
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The Myth of Female Credit Discrimination in African Manufacturing. / Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John.
I: Journal of Development Studies, Bind 50, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 81-96.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Myth of Female Credit Discrimination in African Manufacturing
AU - Hansen, Henrik
AU - Rand, John
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We examine credit constraint differentials between male and female manufacturing entrepreneurs using firm data from 16 sub-Saharan Africa countries. Small enterprises owned by female entrepreneurs are less likely to be credit constrained compared to their male counterparts, while this is reversed for medium-sized enterprises. A generalised Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition shows that the gap is predominantly a pure gender effect. We argue that this finding is mainly due to female favouritism in loans to micro and small firms because the gap is reversed for medium-sized enterprises and because we find no sign of superior female entrepreneurial performance in observable indicators.
AB - We examine credit constraint differentials between male and female manufacturing entrepreneurs using firm data from 16 sub-Saharan Africa countries. Small enterprises owned by female entrepreneurs are less likely to be credit constrained compared to their male counterparts, while this is reversed for medium-sized enterprises. A generalised Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition shows that the gap is predominantly a pure gender effect. We argue that this finding is mainly due to female favouritism in loans to micro and small firms because the gap is reversed for medium-sized enterprises and because we find no sign of superior female entrepreneurial performance in observable indicators.
U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2013.849337
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2013.849337
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 81
EP - 96
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
SN - 0022-0388
IS - 1
ER -
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