How Did Women Entrepreneurship Change over Time in Turkey (2006-2015): A Regression of Pooling Cross Sections Across Time

This study uses the Regression of Pooling Cross Sections Across Time model to analyze whether the tendency to become an entrepreneur in Turkey has changed over time and also whether the gender gap between males and females has been narrowed. The data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for the years 2006-2015 for Turkey were employed. The dataset consisted of 56,109 interviews with a representative sample of adults (18-64 years old). There was a noticeable increase in the general tendency in the entrepreneurial activity starting from the year of 2011 in Turkey. Although the probability of being a woman entrepreneur increased in Turkey, the gender entrepreneurial gap stayed quite stable at around 4% throughout 2006 – 2015