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ESCOBAR ANDRAE, Bernardita. Female entrepreneurship and participation rates in 19th century Chile. Estudios de Economía [online]. 2015, vol.42, n.2, pp.67-68. ISSN 0718-5286.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-52862015000200004.

This article studies female participation rates as entrepreneurs during the 1877-1908period using data from the Santiago business license registry, census data and the trademark registry. The evidence reveals that business women in Santiago increased from 3 to 14 percent of the female labor force in the corresponding sectors analyzed during the period. The evidence shows women increasingly as business people: half of the economic sectors analyzed had female entrepreneurs while firms run by women increased from 13 to 20 percent in Santiago, but reached only 5 percent of national firms within the elite.

Palabras clave : Female entrepreneurship; economic history; economic development; Chile in late 19^th century.

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