Examining socioeconomic factors and political knowledge toward understanding political gender gap in entrepreneur development

A deeper understanding of gender gaps is essential because at least some gender differences in the political and business realm are both pervasive and impactful in nature. The aim of this study is to examine the affect of socioeconomic factors on men and women political behaviours in developing entrepreneurship mind set. In this study, socioeconomic, ethnicity, culture and gender are control variables that proposed to influence on political behaviour and entrepreneurs for both male and female. In addition, political knowledge is another variable which proposed to influence on men and women behavioural intention. This research contributes to literature by examining gender gap among developing and developed countries.