{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DIME","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2024-06-11","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"RR_GHA_2024_148","title":"Reproducibility package for Household Business Performance in Ghana: The Role of Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Akuffo Amankwah","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"aamankwah@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Nkechi S. Owoo","affiliation":"University of Ghana","email":"nowoo@ug.edu.gh"},{"name":"Pauline Castaing","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"pcastaing@worldbank.org"},{"affiliation":"World Bank","name":"Amparo Palacios-Lopez","email":"apalacioslopez@worldbank.org"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP) 10804","title":"Household Business Performance in Ghana: The Role of Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes","authors":"Nkechi S. 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Using multi-topic household survey data\u202fcollected in two regions of Ghana,\u202fthe results show that\u202famong female business owners, being organized is an important determinant of business success, while among male business owners, power motivation and tenacity are important factors. However, increasing traditionalism tends to dampen the effects of these personality traits for both genders.\u202fOther factors positively correlated with women-owned business performance include business registration, separating expenses for home and business purposes, ownership of business bank account, use of social media, as well as urban location of the business. For men-owned businesses, the results show that those located in traditional markets, have bank accounts, and use literate employees in operation tend to perform better. The findings imply that policies that aim to boost women-owned business performance need to consider the main barriers, especially attitudes towards gender roles, that may determine how businesses operate in these settings. The results also suggests\u202fthe importance of\u202fsoft-skills to boost business performance among men- and women-owned businesses. ","geographic_units":[{"name":"Ghana","code":"GHA","type":"Country"}],"keywords":[{"name":"business performance"},{"name":"informal businesses"},{"name":"gender norms"},{"name":"personality traits"},{"name":"Ghana"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"data_statement":"All data used in this study are included in the package. See the README file for more details. A fully documented version of the dataset will soon be available in the World Bank Microdata Library. 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The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"affiliation":"World Bank","name":"Akuffo Amankwah","email":"aamankwah@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"17"}]},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}],"schematype":"script"}