Liu Yu, Wei Siqi, Xu Jian
Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.
David Nazarian College of Business & Economics, California State University Northridge, USA.
Financ Res Lett. 2021 Nov;43:102012. doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.102012. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
The impacts of crises are never gender-neutral, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Using a brand-new dataset covering 24 countries, we document that women-led businesses are subject to a higher likelihood of closure and a longer closure duration than men-led businesses during the pandemic. Women business leaders are also more pessimistic about the future than men business leaders. The disadvantages suffered by women-led businesses widen in high gender inequality economies and developing economies. Our results further indicate that finance and labor factors are likely to be the major contributors to these disadvantages. We suggest that COVID-19's policy response should not be gender-neutral.
危机的影响从来都不是性别中立的，新冠疫情也不例外。通过使用覆盖24个国家的全新数据集，我们记录到在疫情期间，由女性领导的企业比由男性领导的企业更有可能关闭，且关闭时间更长。女性企业领导者对未来也比男性企业领导者更为悲观。在性别不平等程度高的经济体和发展中经济体中，由女性领导的企业所遭受的劣势会扩大。我们的结果进一步表明，金融和劳动力因素可能是造成这些劣势的主要原因。我们建议，新冠疫情的政策应对不应是性别中立的。
