Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century Chile

This article studies female participation rates as entrepreneurs during the 1877- 1908 period using data from the Santiago business license registry, census data and the trademark registry. The evidence reveals that business women in Santiago increased from 3 to 14 percent of the female labor force...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardita Escobar Andrae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile 2016-01-01
Series:Estudios de Economía
Online Access:https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/38654