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Gender differences in competitiveness, risk tolerance, and other personality traits: Do they contribute to the gender gap in entrepreneurship?

UnHope20

March 31, 2021

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Title	Gender differences in competitiveness, risk tolerance, and other personality traits: Do they contribute to the gender gap in entrepreneurship?
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	3
Comments	1
Date	March 31, 2021 5:13 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/mhatdz/gender_differences_in_competitiveness_risk/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/Male_Studies/gender-differences-in-competitiveness-risk.1216413 https://theredarchive.com/post/1216413

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[–]UnHope20[S] 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

In this study we empirically investigate the contribution of personality traits to the gender gap in entrepreneurship.

Our empirical analyses, which are based on data obtained from a large scale survey of individuals in 36 countries, suggest that a group of personality traits which we call Individual Entrepreneurial Aptitude (IEA) has a positive effect on latent and nascent entrepreneurship among women and men.

Moreover, women's considerably lower level of IEA contributes significantly to the gender gap in entrepreneurship. The lower level of IEA is mainly due to women's lower levels of competitiveness and risk tolerance.

Furthermore, these results are confirmed by the results of a country-level analysis which show that the within-country variation of entrepreneurial activities of women and men is significantly related to within-country variation of IEA.