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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doaj-8d181a460ad24f22b4da5b42d009dea52020-11-24T21:28:34ZengUniversidad de ChileEstudios de Economía0304-27580718-52862016-01-01422679138654Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century ChileBernardita Escobar Andrae0Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Enterprise, Universidad Diego PortalesThis 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 in the corresponding sectors analyzed during the period. The evidence shows women increasingly as business people: half of the economic sectors analyzed had female entrepreneurs while firms run by women increased from 13 to 20 percent in Santiago, but reached only 5 percent of national firms within the elite.https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/38654 |
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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 in the corresponding sectors analyzed during the period. The evidence shows women increasingly as business people: half of the economic sectors analyzed had female entrepreneurs while firms run by women increased from 13 to 20 percent in Santiago, but reached only 5 percent of national firms within the elite. |
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