Women entrepreneurs have progressively gained more space in what is mostly a man-dominated business world. However, a considerable gender gap in the likelihood of starting a business venture still exists in most countries in the world. Such gap can vary depending on the country and on its socio-cultural, legal and economic conditions among others. In this paper, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the Human Development Index of 55 countries are tested in order to identify what factors have a positive effect on the gender gap. Results indicate that the most influential factor is the Human Development index, meaning that the more developed a country is, the lower the gender gap in the entrepreneurship is. In addition, the results also indicate that a lower level of gender gap is also observed in rather individualistic, pragmatic and risk-adverse cultures.

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创业中性别差距的跨文化分析

在男性主导的商业世界中，女性企业家逐渐获得了更多空间。然而，在世界上大多数国家，创业的可能性仍然存在相当大的性别差距。这种差距可能因国家及其社会文化、法律和经济条件等而异。本文对霍夫斯泰德的文化维度和 55 个国家的人类发展指数进行了测试，以确定哪些因素对性别差距有积极影响。结果表明，影响最大的因素是人类发展指数，这意味着一个国家越发达，创业的性别差距越小。此外，结果还表明，在相当个人主义、