Abstract

This study focuses on the launch phase of the leading reward-based crowdfunding market—Kickstarter. It documents the behavior of male and female entrepreneurs in raising early stage capital. We find that women share as entrepreneurs in the platform (34.7%) does not equal to their share in the overall population, and they are concentrated in stereotyped sectors, both as entrepreneurs and as backers. We also find that women do not set lower funding goals than men, they enjoy higher rates of success than men, even after controlling for project categories and funding goals, and that backers of both genders have a tendency to fund entrepreneurs of their own gender. Our survey of Kickstarter backers finds evidence of taste-based discrimination by male backers.

中文翻译：

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众筹中的性别动态（Kickstarter）：企业家，支持者和基于口味的歧视的证据*

摘要

这项研究的重点是领先的基于奖励的众筹市场Kickstarter的启动阶段。它记录了男性和女性企业家在筹集早期资本方面的行为。我们发现，女性在平台上作为企业家的份额（34.7％）不等于她们在总人口中的份额，而且她们既集中于定型领域，既作为企业家，又作为支持者。我们还发现，即使在控制了项目类别和筹资目标之后，女性并没有设定比男性低的筹资目标，她们享有的成功率也比男性高，而且两性的支持者都倾向于资助自己性别的企业家。我们对Kickstarter支持者的调查发现了男性支持者基于品味的歧视证据。