Doubly disadvantaged: Gender, spatially concentrated deprivation and nascent entrepreneurial activity

Murzacheva, E., Sahasranamam, S. and Levie, J. (2020) Doubly disadvantaged: Gender, spatially concentrated deprivation and nascent entrepreneurial activity. European Management Review, 17(3), pp. 669-685. (doi: 10.1111/emre.12370)

Abstract

Drawing on human capital, intersectionality and mixed embeddedness theory, we test hypotheses on the relationship between gender differences in human capital and gender differences in nascent entrepreneurial activity across geographical space, and the moderating effect of spatially concentrated deprivation on this relationship. Using UK data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, we find that the disadvantaged position of female nascent entrepreneurs arises from social exclusion, and specifically that the gender differences in nascent entrepreneurial activity are directly related to differences in general and specific human capital across locales. Moreover, in deprived locations, women as a group do not gain from any human capital advantage they might have over men, causing a double disadvantage for women. Our results make a novel contribution to the literature on disadvantage entrepreneurship, and we discuss policy options to tackle double disadvantage in deprived locales.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sahasranamam, Prof Sreevas
• Authors: Murzacheva, E., Sahasranamam, S., and Levie, J.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: European Management Review
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 1740-4754
• ISSN (Online): 1740-4762
• Published Online: 02 December 2019