Projects

• Foundational Analysis on the gender profitability gap
  • In this project, the research team will pursue two related but distinct research efforts, one at the global level and one at the national level in Ethiopia.
• Gender Data Gaps
  • This paper highlights the importance of considering the original sampling frame in the secondary use of data for new research. Using data from 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, we document a large and robust variation in female-owned enterprise representation between data sources, largely driven by their varied gender-blind sampling frames and protocols. We document important differences in diagnostics of gender gaps and implied policy and research priorities across these data sources with differing sampling protocols (and women-owned enterprise representation). Our analysis suggests a potential gender bias in policies and research reliant on most widely available enterprise data in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  • GPG Data replication files
• Business and Policy Environment for Women-Owned Enterprises
  • In this report, we use the World Bank’s Women, Business, and Law (WBL) data to create five broad indicators of WOE barriers and document a series of stylized facts regarding the business and policy environment for women-owned enterprises (WOE) across the world.
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  • WBL Data replication files