The relationship between gender policies and the creation of businesses by women

Daiane Martins Teixeira; Cândido Vieira Borges Júnior; Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida

doi:10.14211/regepe.esbj.e2438

Authors

Daiane Martins Teixeira daianemartinsteixeira@outlook.com
Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-8684
Cândido Vieira Borges Júnior candidoborges@gmail.com
Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-4074
Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida misevero@yahoo.com.br
Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-0644

DOI:

10.14211/regepe.esbj.e2438

Keywords:

Business Creation by Women, Gender Policies, EIRELI, Society Limited Business

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the effects of gender policies on women's business creation. Methodology/approach: quantitative approach, with secondary data extracted from the Municipal Basic Information Survey (MUNIC); and public CNPJ data from the Federal Revenue Service. The level of analysis was restricted to the 246 municipalities in the state of Goiás. From this, tests were performed with two negative binomial regression models. Main results: for women entrepreneurs who created their businesses alone, gender policies showed a positive relationship; on the other hand, for those who created companies in partnership, no influence was identified. With these results, it is possible to understand that the same support measures may not have similar effects to all types of business creation by women. Theoretical-methodological contributions: this study showed that, when analyzing public policies as a means of promoting entrepreneurship by women, one should consider the existing differences between them, either in the contextual aspects in which they are inserted, or as the specificity of each group, bearing in mind that needs different require different support actions. Relevance/originality: especially for women who are self-employed, according to this research, the existence of gender policies proves to be an important factor, since difficulties, such as those generated by discrimination, can be faced, thus meeting the needs of access to education, equality, health and safety.

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Author Biographies

Daiane Martins Teixeira, Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil

is a Master in Administration for the Post-Graduation Program in Administration (PPGADM) of the Federal University of Goiás - UFG. She is a researcher at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Laboratory (Lapei / UFG). His areas of interest include the creation of companies by women and public policies to support the entrepreneur.

Cândido Vieira Borges Júnior, Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil

is Professor at the Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, where he is also coordinator of the Laboratory for Research in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Lapei/UFG). He obtained his Ph.D. in Administration at HEC Montréal and Post-Doctorate from EAESP-FGV. His current research focuses on new ventures, self-employed work from the perspective of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship policy. His articles have been published in journals such as Future Studies Research Journal, Humanidades & Inovação, REGEPE, RAUSP, among others.

Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida, Faculdade de Administração, Ciências Contábeis e Ciências Econômicas (FACE), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil

is Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Goiás, linked to the Post-Graduation Program in Administration (PPGADM/UFG). He is Post-Doctor in Statistics at IME / USP and Post-Doctor in Data Science and Business Analytics by the same university (FEA / USP). Doctor in Administration (PPGA/UnB), with PhD period at Massey University. His research focuses on market determinants of business performance, on individual / behavioral or business measures, on predictive models and learning, intelligent and recommendation systems. His articles are published in periodicals such as Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal Marketing Management, among others.

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