Female hires and the success of start-up firms

Autor(en)

Andrea Weber, Christine Zulehner

Abstrakt

In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with female first hires are more successful and stay longer in the market. We conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

Externe Organisation(en)

RWI Essen - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Journal

The American Economic Review (Print Edition)

Band

100

Seiten

358-361

Anzahl der Seiten

4

ISSN

0002-8282

Publikationsdatum

2010

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

5020 Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/female-hires-and-the-success-of-startup-firms(0c53f7a6-3219-4c30-8b4e-db0dc2a57644).html