Business Advisory Services and Female Employment in an Extreme Institutional Context
研究公共资助的商业咨询项目对就业的影响，发现在男性主导的劳动力市场中，项目促进了整体就业增长，但男性受益多于女性，且正规全职就业增加主要惠及男性。
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 programme developed in a developed country and applied in an emerging economy with a male‐dominated labour 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 those 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.