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Title: Intra-Family Relationship and Female Entrepreneurship

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2022

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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3692274

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Abstract: We study how the intra-family relationship affects female entrepreneurship. By utilizing a major change in marriage law in the U.S., we find that female entrepreneurship increases significantly when the divorce regime changes from mutual consent to unilateral, especially when property rights are more favorable to women. This effect is mainly from an increase in the survival of existing female entrepreneurs rather than the entry of previous housewives. We consider a variety of potential mechanisms and conclude that the increase in female entrepreneurship after the law change is most likely driven by an increase in women's intra-family bargaining power against spouses.

Url: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3692274

Url: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3692274

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Authors: Lin, Tse-Chun; Tai, Mingzhu

Series Title: SSRN Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 3692274

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Pages: 1-64

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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