Competing Priorities: Women's Microenterprises and Household Relationships

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

The contextual embeddedness of female entrepreneurship: investigating the influence of macro and motherhood factors in Bahrain

“…Societal perceptions are significant for female entrepreneurs because of the negative associations with female self-employment (Byrne et al ., 2018). In addition, regulations have a more substantial impact on female entrepreneurial efforts than on their male counterparts, particularly financial difficulties, considering their dual familial-business role (Friedson-Ridenour and Pierotti, 2018; Rey-Martí et al. , 2015).…”