Language gender-marking and borrower discouragement

被引：4
作者：
Bertrand, Jeremie [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Osei-Tutu, Francis [4 ]
Weill, Laurent [4 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] IESEG Sch Management, UMR 9221 LEM Lille Econ Management, F-59000 Lille, France
[2] Univ Lille, UMR 9221 LEM Lille Econ Management, F-59000 Lille, France
[3] CNRS, UMR 9221 LEM Lille Econ Management, F-59000 Lille, France
[4] Univ Strasbourg, Strasbourg Business Sch, 61 Ave Foret Noire, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
[5] MGIMO Univ, Moscow State Inst Int Relat, Moscow, Russia
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2022年 / 212卷
关键词：
Language; Gender; Access to credit; Borrower discouragement; CREDIT; MATTER;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110298
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Research suggests that sex-based grammatical systems in languages are associated with gender differences in economic behavior. Using cross-country data on firms, we find that gendered languages lead women entrepreneurs to be more discouraged from applying for credit than male entrepreneurs. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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