Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer bias is measured through a novel loan application experiment conducted with 77 loan officers in Turkish banks. The analysis finds that 35 percent of the loan officers are biased against female applicants, with women...
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تفاصيل
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2019/12/30
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS9100
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2019/12/31
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Disclosed
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Gender Bias in SME Lending : Experimental Evidence from Turkey
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gender bias