Home-Based Enterprises: Experimental Evidence on Female Preferences from Pakistan
利用巴基斯坦数据，研究发现女性拥有的微型企业多在家中经营且两年内易倒闭；通过激励实验发现，男女都愿牺牲近60%的中位利润以在家经营，女性还回避外部建议，这些偏好与商业经验相关。
Enterprises run by women in developing countries are largely home based and belong to small-business networks, which may explain these businesses’ small size, low profitability, and short life. Using data from Pakistan, we confirm that the majority of female-owned microenterprises are home based and find that these home businesses are likely to close within 2 years. Our incentivized tasks elicit household preferences for business location and advice-taking from women and male decision makers. Both men and women are willing to sacrifice almost 60% of median profits for running businesses from home. Women avoid taking outside advice, even when it increases task earnings. Women’s preferences are correlated with business experience but not with agency within the household, mobility, and household responsibilities.