Global Research on Women’s Entrepreneurship: An Overview of Available Data Sources & Limitations

Abstract

Empirical relationships that exist between gender and entrepreneurship still pose many unanswered questions. We provide a launch point for further research on women’s entrepreneurship. Through extensive research on available global databases, we: 1) highlight the continued importance of empirical research in this domain, 2) establish a base point of past research on issues related to women’s entrepreneurship, 3) provide an overview of available country-level data sources for researchers to utilize, and 4) discuss the limitations of multilevel, global research that currently exist in entrepreneurship and propose future directions.