Female participation in ownership is systematically higher among newly registered firms
Share of firms with a woman owner (%), in newly registered firms and in all existing firms
0
20
40
60
80
100
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
45° line
New firms have MORE
female business owners
New firms have LESS
female business owners
% of all firms
% of new firms
* Among 44 countries with data in both the Enterprise Surveys and Entrepreneurship database
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