Estudio comparativo de rendimientos empresariales de hombres y mujeres en México: una aproximación empírica

Abstract

This research aims to compare the income performance of entrepreneurs, in order to determine whether there are differences in the returns of men- and women-led businesses, as well as to identify what factors drive women’s entrepreneurship. The study used the database of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (INEGI, 2017), from which a sample of 296 women and 430 men was obtained. A Probiteconometric model was estimated using the methodology proposed by Heckman, Tobias, and Vytalcil (2000; 2001) through a two-stage process, which included household type, company size, age, experience, and income as independent variables, while income performance by company was used as dependent variable. The main findings make it clear that the returns of women-led companies are lower than those directedby men, and that women generally undertake an enterprise out of necessity.