A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 5 Definitions and sources of variables
From: Female unemployment, mobile money innovations and doing business by females
Variables | Definitions | Sources |
|---|---|---|
Time to start business | The time it takes for a woman to set up a business | Gender and parity statistics for men and women (2020) |
Start-up procedure | The procedures a woman has to go through to start a business | Gender and parity statistics for men and women (2020) |
Female self-employment | Self-employed, female (% of female employment) | WDI (World Bank) |
Female unemployment | Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) | WDI (World Bank) |
Education | School enrollment, high, female (% gross) | WDI (World Bank) |
Trade | Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of gross domestic product | WDI (World Bank) |
Cost to start business | The cost it takes for a woman to set up a business | Gender and parity statistics for men and women (2020) |
Bank accounts | Dummy variable which takes the value 1 if women can open bank accounts like men, 0 otherwise | Gender and parity statistics for men and women (2020) |
Registered agents 1 | Number of registered mobile money agents per 100,000 adults | Financial Access Survey (2020) |
Registered agents 2 | Number of registered mobile money agents per 1000 km2 | Financial Access Survey (2020) |
Active agents 1 | Number of active mobile money agents per 100,000 adults | Financial Access Survey (2020) |
Active agents 2 | Number of active mobile money agents per 1000 km2 | Financial Access Survey (2020) |