Determinants of informal enterprise closure by gender: a microeconometric study applied in Senegal

IF 1.5 Q2 ECONOMICS
Ayoub Saadi, Assane Beye, Mariem Liouaeddine
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This article aims to investigate the factors influencing the closure of informal businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on the differences between businesses led by women and men. The research employed a logistic regression approach and utilized the matching method to evaluate the pandemic’s impact. The study relied on a database created by the Development Policy Analysis Laboratory, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, which encompassed 923 informal businesses operating in diverse sectors in Dakar. The findings demonstrate that businesses managed by women experienced a more severe impact from the pandemic, leading to a higher likelihood of temporary closure. These results underscore the disproportionate effect of the crisis on women entrepreneurs within the informal sector and emphasize the necessity for tailored measures to support this vulnerable population during and after the pandemic. Such measures should address the unique challenges faced by women-led informal businesses and help foster their recovery and long-term sustainability
性别对非正规企业关闭的决定因素:在塞内加尔应用的微观计量经济学研究
本文旨在调查在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间影响非正规企业关闭的因素,特别关注由女性和男性领导的企业之间的差异。本研究采用逻辑回归方法,并利用匹配方法评估大流行的影响。这项研究依赖于达喀尔谢赫·安塔·迪奥普大学发展政策分析实验室创建的一个数据库,其中包括达喀尔923个在不同部门经营的非正规企业。调查结果表明,由妇女管理的企业受到大流行的影响更为严重,导致临时关闭的可能性更高。这些结果突出表明,这场危机对非正规部门的女企业家造成了不成比例的影响,并强调有必要采取有针对性的措施,在疫情期间和之后支持这一弱势群体。这些措施应解决妇女领导的非正规企业面临的独特挑战,并帮助促进其复苏和长期可持续性
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