Abstract:
Entrepreneurship has been considered a viable strategy by the youth
as a means to create jobs and improve upon their livelihoods and
economic independence. Despite the upsurge of research in the a rea of
gender entrepreneurship worldwide since the late 1970s, little exist
concerning the determinants of the choice of place of trade vis-a-vis
gender among young entrepreneurs. This study explores how gender
interacts with other determinants to influence the decision of choosing a suitable place for trade among young entrepreneurs in Ghana
using multinomial logistic regression techniques. The results show
that, while controlling for gender roles, young female entrepreneurs
relative to their male counterparts have increasing probability of
trading from home than trading from an organized market, but are
more likely to trade from an organized market other than from a
formal business space. Also, young female entrepreneurs who have
supervisory roles are more likely to trade from their homes other than
trading from an organized market relative to their male counterparts.
However, it emerged that young female entrepreneurs are more likely
to trade from an organized market compared to trading from a formal
business space or from other places. Other findings of the study reveal
that, young females from high income households are more likely to
trade from an organized market compared to trading on the street,
from a formal business space or from other places different from the
locations being studied. These findings have policy implications
regarding the very key elements needed to foster the growth of
entrepreneurship among both young males and females entrepreneurs
in Ghana.