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Title: Essays on the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship
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Zandberg, Mordechai Yehonatan |
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Essays on the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship Ph.D. Dissertation, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, 2021 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Debt/Borrowing; Entrepreneurship; Gender Differences; Geocoded Data; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; State-Level Data/Policy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The second essay titled "Reproductive Rights and Women's Access to Capital," explores the impact of reproductive care restrictions on female entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital. It tests the hypothesis that better access to reproductive care enables women to plan their family formation better, avoid unexpected pregnancies, and gain access to cheaper capital as a result of this reduced risk. This hypothesis is analyzed using restricted data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) in a difference-in-differences setting around the enactment of state-level legislation limiting access to reproductive care. It finds restrictions on reproductive care to be detrimental to women seeking to raise capital and open their own firms. Women who have limited reproductive care access are less likely to borrow, end up taking smaller loan amounts, and have lower leverage ratios. |
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Zandberg, Mordechai Yehonatan. Essays on the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship. Ph.D. Dissertation, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, 2021. |