Arbeitspapier
Female hires and the success of start-up firms
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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4568
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Discrimination
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
- Subject
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Firm survival
profitability
female employment
discrimination
market test
matched employer-employee data
Unternehmensgründung
Personalbeschaffung
Frauenpolitik
Diversity Management
Unternehmensentwicklung
Erfolgsfaktor
Österreich
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Weber, Andrea Maria
Zulehner, Christine
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Weber, Andrea Maria
- Zulehner, Christine
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2009
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