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The Gendered Aspects of Age Capital for Entering Entrepreneurship

In: Engines of Economic Prosperity

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  • Isabella Moore CBE

    (Aston Business School)

  • Judy Scully

    (Aston Business School)

  • Nick Theodorakopoulos

    (Aston Business School)

Abstract

Despite an increase in entrepreneurial activity among older people, the gap between male and female rates of venture creation remains. This study has adopted a qualitative methodologyQualitative methods to examine the role of entrepreneurial capitals on the formation of entrepreneurial actions between both older men and women. A key aim of this research has been to understand why older women fail to keep pace with older men in venture creation. While recognising the multiplicity of characteristics that intersect with age, such as ethnicity, this study has focused only on the role of age and genderGender on individuals contemplating entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship in later life. By proposing a more nuanced gendered view of later-life entrepreneurshipLater-life entrepreneurship, this research provides an important stimulus to current research, which has largely focused on later-life entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship as a unitary phenomenon and feeds into debates on ageingAgeing and ageism.

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  • Isabella Moore CBE & Judy Scully & Nick Theodorakopoulos, 2021. "The Gendered Aspects of Age Capital for Entering Entrepreneurship," Springer Books, in: Meltem Ince-Yenilmez & Burak Darici (ed.), Engines of Economic Prosperity, chapter 0, pages 1-20, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-76088-5_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76088-5_1
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