TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Weber, Andrea
AU  - Zulehner, Christine
        TI  - Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
        PY  - 2009/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4568
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4568
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - firm survival
KW  - profitability
KW  - female employment
KW  - discrimination
KW  - market test
KW  - matched employer-employee data
        ER  -