TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lassébie,Julie
AU  - Sakha,Sahra
AU  - Kozluk,Tomasz
AU  - Menon,Carlo
AU  - Breschi,Stefano
AU  - Johnstone,Nick
ED  - Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económico
TI  - Levelling the playing field: : Dissecting the gender gap in the funding of start-ups
T2  - OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers
PY  - 2019///
CY  - París
PB  - OECD Publishing
KW  - Tecnologías habilitadoras digitales
KW  - Empresas
KW  - financiación
KW  - Innovación
KW  - Investigación
N1  - Bibliography p. 38-42
N2  - This report investigates the gender gap in the funding of innovative start-ups across OECD and BRICS countries using a detailed micro-dataset on start-ups and their founders. Results from empirical analysis show that start-ups with at least one woman in the team of founders are less likely to receive funding by 5-10%. When such start-ups do receive funding, they receive an amount lower by a third compared to start-ups created by male founders. Accounting for founders’ characteristics (their educational background and past professional experience) reduces the gap in likelihood to receive funding, but not the gap in funding amounts. A key conclusion is that addressing the gender gap will require a holistic approach, including through – but not restricted to – the education system. The paper concludes by a discussion of potential mechanisms that could explain the observed gap, presents policy options, and proposes an agenda for future research
UR  - https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/7ddddd07-en.pdf?expires=1561643020&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=5CC24132C47B7F641232B6A6E6005482
ER  -