Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries

Joachim Wagner

Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries

Joachim Wagner

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This paper uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise surveys conducted in 2019 and from the COVID-19 follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 in ten European countries to investigate the link between the gender of the firm’s owner and firm survival until 2020.The estimated effect of female ownership is positive ceteris paribus after controlling for various firm characteristics that are known to be related to survival. Furthermore, the size of this estimated effect can be considered to be large on average. Having a female owner helped firms to survive.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Lüneburg
Publisher	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
Number of pages	17
Publication status	Published - 03.2022

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Economics
Gender
female ownerd firms
firm survival
COVID-19
World Bank Enterprise Surveys

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Firm Survival and Gender of Firm Owner in Times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries
Wagner, J., 01.05.2022, In: Economies. 10, 5, 8 p., 98.
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Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19: Evidence from 10 European Countries

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