Replication data for: Gender Gap in High-Growth Ventures: Evidence from a University Venture Mentoring Program

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Project Citation:

Scott, Erin L., and Shu, Pian. Replication data for: Gender Gap in High-Growth Ventures: Evidence from a University Venture Mentoring Program. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113493V1

Project Description

Summary: We track high-growth ventures from the idea stage to commercialization and investigate the nature of the gender gap early in the venture lifecycle. Using data on 651 venture ideas that collectively attracted over $700 million in venture financing, we find a significant gender gap among ventures without documented intellectual assets at the earliest stage of founding but not among ventures that already possess intellectual assets. We also find a gender gap in entrepreneurs' readiness to commit to their venture ideas full-time. Conditional on such commitment, there are no significant differences in ventures' access to venture financing or rate of commercialization.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      G24 Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Ratings and Ratings Agencies
      G32 Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      I26 Returns to Education
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      L26 Entrepreneurship
      M13 New Firms; Startups

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