Female entrepreneurship in Poland

• Autorzy: Aleksandra Gaweł
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to present the issues connected with female entrepreneurship and in particular to analyse the changes in the rates of female entrepreneurship in Poland between the years 1993 and 2010 against the background of the job market situation, as well as identifying the factors which determine the entrepreneurship of women. The dynamics of female entrepreneurship will be contrasted with entrepreneurship among men. The entrepreneurship gender gap in Poland only slightly decreased during the studied period even though the situation of women in the job market is more difficult than that of men, which could engender a negative entrepreneurial motivation. The results of the research show that female entrepreneurship is significantly more susceptible to the influences of the general market situation, measured by GDP, than the entrepreneurship of men. This means that the entrepreneurship gender gap can decrease only when there is long-term economic growth. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship; Woman; Economic growth; Gender gap

PL

Przedsiębiorczość; Przedsiębiorczość społeczna; Kobieta; Wzrost gospodarczy; Różnica między płciami

• Czasopismo: The Poznań University of Economics Review
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 13
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 115--130

Twórcy

autor

Aleksandra Gaweł

• Poznań University of Economics, Poland

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