Abstract

FERNANDEZ ROBIN, Cristóbal; SANTANDER ASTORGA, Paulina  and  YANEZ MARTINEZ, Diego. ENTREPRENEURIAL CONSTRAINTS ON WOMEN IN CHILE: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH. Dimens.empres. [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.57-72. ISSN 1692-8563.  https://doi.org/10.15665/rde.v15i2.969.

This Article of scientific and technological research examines conditioning factors that affect female entrepreneurship in Chile through a study of the formal and informal constraints of institutional economic theory and of differences in women’s experiences with entrepreneurship compared to those of male entrepreneurs. A sample of respondents from Chile was selected, and GEM Adult Population Survey data for the period 2011-2015 were utilized. The results highlight the influence of informal factors on male and female entrepreneur as perceptions of entrepreneurial capabilities and networking. Additionally, being a student was found to have a negative effect on both genders, while family role has a negative effect on the probability for women to undertake.

Keywords : Gender division of labor; Women and development; Female labor-force participation; Entrepreneurship.

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