PMMA-12400 Risk Tolerance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: The case of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the inter-relationships between entrepreneurial propensity, fear of failure (fof), and gender using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS) data for 2009, 2010, and 2012 for a number of countries. The results show that the fear of failure, higher among women, negatively affects entrepreneurial status while the skill perception does the opposite. It is also found that gender increases the probability of fear of failure, although this result is not stable over time. Using the Conditional Mixed Process (CMP) specification, we find that gender and fof both reduce the predicted probability of entrepreneurship consistently over time. The only variable that consistently predicts fof and is significant is skill perception; its impact is negative. Policy implications of this research point to the importance of reducing the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Particularly, in order to encourage more females to be entrepreneurs, there is a need to improve their skill perception. This will reduce fof and increase entrepreneurial propensity. This could be achieved by many tools such as through networking and media coverage of success stories, etc. JEL: L26,

Members

Project leader: Yousef Daoud

Project researchers: Ruba Shanti | Shaker Sarsour | Sana Kamal

Scientific mentors: Paola Ballon | Guy Lacroix

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Yousef S. Daoud	Shaker Sarsour, Ruba Shanti, Sanaa Kamal	Risk tolerance, gender, and entrepreneurship: The Palestinian case	Review of Development Economics	Special issue (PEP) Published online (December 2019 - "early view")

Working Papers

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	Risk Tolerance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: The case of the occupied Palestinian territory	2015-08-25	885.58KB	0	0

Policy Briefs

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	Risk tolerance, gender and entrepreneurship : the Palestinian case	2015-01-16	1000.03KB	0	0

Final report

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	Risk tolerance, gender, and entrepreneurship: The Palestinian case	2014-12-10	1069.07KB	0	0

Proposal

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		2014-11-06	691.27KB	0	0