Local industrial structures and female entrepreneurship in India

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 929-964

  Ghani, Ejaz ^a   Kerr, William R ^b,c,d   O'Connell, Stephen D ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bank of Finland ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Business networks; Cluster; Development; Entrepreneurship; Female; Gender; India; Informal sector; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GENDER ISSUE; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LOCAL ECONOMY; MANUFACTURING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 84885745189     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt004     Document Type: Article

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