Constructing and reconstructing gender: Reference group effects and women's demand for entrepreneurial capital

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 672-693

  Fletschner, Diana ^a   Carter, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Credit; Demand; Paraguay; Social norms; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249093015     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.054     Document Type: Article

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