Closing the Gap: Gender and Innovation

Published: 7 May 2020| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/v62h88d44s.1
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Laura Barasa

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This study hypothesized gender differences in innovation performance in Tanzania. Data from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey (TFLSS) collected by the World Bank Group was used for analysis. A non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition was used to decompose the mean differences in innovation. The results of showed that female-owned enterprises had an 18.1 percentage point lower probability of innovation when compared to their male counterparts.

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Innovation, Skill Development, Employee Basic Skills Training, Firm Performance

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