Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured in The Times of India: “With <1% women being entrepreneurs, India far below global trendline”
In an article highlighting the low levels of female entrepreneurship in India, The Times of India cited recent research by EGC affiliate Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar, a Yale graduate.
June 29, 2025
… Using nationally representative data, the research paper, presented at NCAER’s India Policy Forum on Friday, showed that female labour force participation explained much of the gender gap in self-employment, but not in entrepreneurship, where women remain under-represented. It found large, persistent barriers to firm growth for women, even in richer states—highlighting the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions.
Among various data sources, the authors, Gaurav Chiplunkar from University of Virginia and Pinelopi K. Goldberg from Yale University, drew upon data on working-age population – (21-65 years) in the 2023 round of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). “Overall, 64% of individuals participate in labour but this masks differences across gender: 91% of men participate in labour as compared to only 39% of women, implying that for every 10 men there are only 4.2 women in the labour force,” the paper stated.
Read more on The Times of India website.