Female-Owned Firms during the COVID-19 Crisis
| dc.creator | Karalashvili, Nona | |
| dc.creator | Hyland, Marie | |
| dc.creator | Muzi, Silvia | |
| dc.creator | Viganola, Domenico | |
| dc.date | 2021-08-09T15:56:12Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-08-09T15:56:12Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-07-29 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:38:25Z | |
| dc.description | This brief use firm-level data collected between May 2020 and May 2021 in 41 countries, to provide descriptive evidence on the differential effect of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on female- and male-owned firms. Data suggest that while female-owned and male-owned businesses closed permanently at the same rates, female-owned firms were more likely to have temporarily closed during the crisis and to have closed for a longer duration. When able to stay in business, female-owned firms were more likely to experience a decrease in demand for their products or services and supply of intermediate inputs than male-owned firms. They also reduced the size of their workforce more than their male counterparts and were more likely to reduce hours worked. Finally, female-owned firms suffered deeper financial distress than male-owned firms. Nevertheless, female and male-owned firms show similar optimism of returning to normal levels of sales or workforce in the near future. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/plain | |
| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/890571627634660709/Female-Owned-Firms-during-the-COVID-19-Crisis | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36087 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1596/36087 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/408023 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
| dc.relation | Global Indicators Briefs;No. 2 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | CORONAVIRUS | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject | PANDEMIC IMPACT | |
| dc.subject | FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS | |
| dc.subject | OWNERSHIP SHARE | |
| dc.subject | GENDER DISPARITY | |
| dc.subject | FEMALE-OWNED FIRM | |
| dc.subject | TEMPORARY CLOSURE | |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC SHOCK | |
| dc.subject | FIRM EXIT RATE | |
| dc.subject | SUPPLY SHOCK | |
| dc.subject | ACCESS TO FINANCE | |
| dc.subject | GOVERNMENT SUPPORT | |
| dc.title | Female-Owned Firms during the COVID-19 Crisis | |
| dc.type | Brief | |
| dc.type | Fiche | |
| dc.type | Resumen |