The Impact of Female Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in the Asean Countries: A Panel MM-QR Approach

Sabrina Chikh-Amnache; Lotfi Mekhzoumi

doi:10.2478/eb-2023-0003

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The Impact of Female Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth in the Asean Countries: A Panel MM-QR Approach

Economics and Business

Volume 37 (2023): Issue 1 (January 2023)

By: Sabrina Chikh-Amnache and Lotfi Mekhzoumi

Open Access

|Mar 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine the significance of female entrepreneurship for economic growth in Southeast Asian countries. A panel data model was applied, with GDP per employed person serving as the dependent variable and seven key factors in female entrepreneurship serving as independent variables. Empirical panel quantile regression using the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MM-QR) approach found that both the female entrepreneurship indicator and the female workplace indicator have a positive impact on economic growth. However, the Gender Inequality Index, Gender Development Index, female pay indicator, female parenthood indicator, and female marriage indicator all have negative effects.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eb-2023-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2256-0394 | Journal ISSN: 1407-7337

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Language: English

Page range: 37 - 49

Submitted on: Feb 9, 2023

Accepted on: Feb 24, 2023

Published online: Mar 8, 2023

Published in print: Jan 1, 2023

Published by: Riga Technical University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

ASEAN countries,

economic growth,

entrepreneurship,

female entrepreneurs,

Method of Moments Quantile Regression

JEL:

C23,

F43,

J16,

L26

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Political economics, other,

Business management,

Business management, other,

Mathematics and statistics for economists,

Statistics,

Econometrics

© 2023 Sabrina Chikh-Amnache, Lotfi Mekhzoumi, published by Riga Technical University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 37 (2023): Issue 1 (January 2023)