Business Advisory Services and Female Employment in an Extreme Institutional Context

British Journal of Management

36 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2019 Last revised: 25 Sep 2020

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Sofia Johan

Florida Atlantic University - Finance; University of Aberdeen; Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)

Patricio Valenzuela

Universidad de los Andes, Chile

Date Written: September 24, 2020

Abstract

Publicly funded business advisory services face pressure to demonstrate value-added effects among their assisted firms. Our research aims to measure the effectiveness of a business advisory program developed in a developed country and applied in an emerging economy with a male-dominated labor market. We also seek to determine the effects of increased professionalization resulting from advisory services. Comparing the business advisory services of a publicly funded organization with that of a matched sample, we observe an overall positive effect on job creation; however, this employment growth benefits males at the expense of females. We also find a reduction in unpaid family work and an increase in formal, full time employment but again, this professionalization and substitution effect mainly benefits male workers.

Keywords: business training; employment; entrepreneurship; institutional context

JEL Classification: D21, D24, L20, M13, O12

Suggested Citation

Johan, Sofia A. and Valenzuela, Patricio, Business Advisory Services and Female Employment in an Extreme Institutional Context (September 24, 2020). British Journal of Management, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3484474 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484474

Sofia A. Johan (Contact Author)

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University of Aberdeen ( email )

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Aberdeen, Scotland AB24 3QY
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Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) ( email )

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Patricio Valenzuela

Universidad de los Andes, Chile ( email )

Mons. Álvaro del Portillo
Las Condes
Santiago, 12.455
Chile

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