RT Journal Article
T1 Labor market regulation and gendered entrepreneurship: a cross-national perspective.
A1 Angulo-Guerrero, María José
A1 Bárcena-Martín, Elena María
A1 Medina-Claros, Samuel
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
K1 Mercado de trabajo
K1 Emprendedores
K1 Empresarias
AB This research examines the extent to which labor regulatory context matters for entrepreneurialactivity under a gender perspective, using institutional economics and feminist theories as theanalytical framework. We conduct a panel data analysis for 86 countries during the period 2004-2018 by differentiating between high-income and developing economies. Our findingshighlight that while the links between labor regulation and entrepreneurial activity seemnegligible in high-income economies, in developing economies labor flexibility is closelyassociated with female entrepreneurship. However, unlike the market-oriented view on thepositive association between labor market flexibility and entrepreneurship, our results point outthat in these economies more flexible labor regulation is related to lower early-stage femaleentrepreneurial activity, even though this relationship tends to vanish as the level of economicdevelopment of the country increases. This study contributes theoretically, helping to advancethe analysis of gender differences in entrepreneurial activity from an institutional approach, andpractically, providing evidence to policy makers on possible gender differences in theapplication of country-level labor market regulation in terms of entrepreneurial activity.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2023
FD 2023-05-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31328
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31328
LA eng
NO Angulo-Guerrero, M.J., Bárcena-Martín, E., Medina-Claros, S. et al. Labor market regulation and gendered entrepreneurship: a cross-national perspective. Small Bus Econ 62, 687–706 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00776-0
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://beta.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/16452
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026