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Testing Gender Productivity Difference with Informal Enterprises Data: A Case Study of Burkina Faso

In: Entrepreneurship - Development Tendencies and Empirical Approach

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  • Denis Akouwerabou
  • Keudem Legala
  • Serge Bayala

Abstract

In the literature, we have seen results stating that women are less efficient than men in entrepreneurship. In this chapter, we have used data of informal enterprises in Burkina Faso to test gender productivity difference. Our data support the assumption that men's enterprises employ and carry out more income than women's enterprises. Nevertheless, women's enterprises are technically more efficient and stable than men's enterprises. We have also found out that to succeed in entrepreneurship, it is profitable for women to be young. However, men need to get more experiences in order to become efficient in informal entrepreneurship.

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  • Denis Akouwerabou & Keudem Legala & Serge Bayala, 2018. "Testing Gender Productivity Difference with Informal Enterprises Data: A Case Study of Burkina Faso," Chapters, in: Ladislav Mura (ed.), Entrepreneurship - Development Tendencies and Empirical Approach, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:125745
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71696
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    gender; informal enterprises; productivity; Burkina Faso;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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