Replication data for: Access to Credit by Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Relevant Is Gender?

Name: Replication data for: Access to Credit by Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Relevant Is Gender?
Published: Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Keywords: Access to credit by firms

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Elizabeth Asiedu; Isaac Kalonda-Kanyama; Leonce Ndikumana; Akwasi Nti-Addae

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Project Citation:

Asiedu, Elizabeth, Kalonda-Kanyama, Isaac, Ndikumana, Leonce, and Nti-Addae, Akwasi. Replication data for: Access to Credit by Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Relevant Is Gender? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112623V1

Project Description

Summary: The literature on the determinants of firms' financing constraints has paid little attention to gender as a determinant of access to finance. Using data for 34,342 firms from 90 developing countries, the paper analyzes the determinants of firms' financing constraints and assesses whether female-owned firms are more financially constrained than male-owned businesses. The results show that female-owned firms in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to be financially constrained than male-owned firms, but there is no gender gap in other developing regions. The gender gap in sub-Saharan Africa is robust to variations in specifications and econometric estimation procedures.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Access to credit by firms

JEL Classification:
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
      G32 Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
      O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
      O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

Geographic Coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa

Universe: Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Data Source: World Enterprise Surveys

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