Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: NRN Working Paper, NRN: The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State ; No. 0928

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Discrimination ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
• Thema: Firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination ; market test ; matched employer-employee data

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Weber, Andrea ; Zulehner, Christine
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State
• (wo): Linz
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/115033
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ