Pulling Effects in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Does Gender Matter?

Colombelli, Alessandra; Grinza, Elena; Meliciani, Valentina; Rossi, Mariacristina

doi:10.1080/00130095.2021.1874242

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“…The Italian context is characterized by a generally low rate, albeit at an increasing pace, of participation of women as entrepreneurs (Colombelli et al , 2020) as well as managers (Devicienti et al , 2019; Bruno et al , 2018), with substantial differences between geographical areas. Together with traditional and cultural differences, the preliminary evidence on macro-areas motivates an extension of our analysis to regional differences and features, to give a deeper understanding of our main findings.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Female top managers and credit risk: evidence from Italian firms

Manello

Falavigna

Isaia

et al. 2023

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Purpose The recent literature on corporate governance and gender diversity underlines that those differences may go beyond a pure or direct effect on firms’ performance and in this vein, this study aims to investigate whether the presence of women in leading positions can affect the credit rating indicators. Design/methodology/approach The authors focus on Italian manufacturing firms, as well as small and medium firms (SMEs), that are often under-represented in previous studies, despite their importance in many economies. The authors extract data on directors and top managers as well as rating classes and credit score indicators, and using a fixed-effects model, the authors analyze the relationship between credit risk mitigation and the inclusion of women among top managers, consistently with the rising empirical literature focused on risk perceptions. Findings The authors find a significant negative relationship between female participation in top management and credit risk, with a greater impact associated with smaller firms, where the presence of a female top manager might make the difference. The results are robust to different model specifications and estimation strategies, and the authors find different magnitudes of the effects also according to the geographical location of the firm. Research limitations/implications Because of the chosen sample of manufacturing firms, the research results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to expand the study and test the approach elsewhere. Originality/value The authors add new and more robust empirical evidence of a negative relationship between female participation in the top management and credit risk by focusing on the entire population of Italian nonlisted manufacturing firms.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Female top managers and credit risk: evidence from Italian firms

Manello

Falavigna

Isaia

et al. 2023

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“…Contrary, [68] using Mexico to examine the impact of remittances on inequality conclude that remittances lower inequality. Other empirical studies have found remittance to reduce income inequality [69][70][71][72][73][74] while others finds no significant effects [75,76].…”

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The Dynamics of Economic Globalization and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan African Countries: An Empirical Insight from Two Stage Least Square and Fixed Effect Approach

Elvis

Ewane

2023

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Many empirical studies have examined the nexus between economic globalization and income inequality. However, findings are controversial, especially for developing countries, which require further investigation. This study, therefore, aims to examine the effect of economic globalization on income inequality using unbalance panel data in 19 Sub Saharan African countries (SSA) from 2000 – 2015. Due to endogeneity problem and cross sectional dependence, the model was analyzed using a two-stage least square (2SLS) regression and the fixed effect model with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors regression respectively. The findings reveal that FDI, Trade openness, and ICT development are positive and significantly link to income inequality while remittances have a negative and significant effect. This is an indication that economic globalization indicators (FDI, Trade openness, ICT) have failed to bring a fairer income distribution in these countries while remittances have contributed to income distribution. On basis of this conclusion, policymakers should pursue policies, which will enhance a balanced development and improvement in the socioeconomic welfare of the population by improving measures of income distribution.

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“…Existing empirical evidence suggests that age, education, wealth and family structure are important. Moreover, migrant men and women may have different propensities to become entrepreneurs (see, for example, Colombelli et al, 2021). Immigrant-owned businesses are also more concentrated in certain sectors, such as construction, trade or professional services (Fairlie and Lofstom, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing literature shows that gender plays a relevant role in shaping the probability of being self-employed (see e.g. Colombelli et al, 2021, andOggero et al, 2020). Table 3 reports estimated marginal effects by gender and suggests two interesting implications.…”

Section: Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%