ABSTRACT
Second-generation gender bias provides such an analytical framework. This chapter attempts to develop an interdisciplinary review of the concept, drawing from gender and negotiation, labour economics and law. It presents a graphic representation of the elements that constitute second-generation gender bias. Second-generation bias in the social sciences literature has its origins in the literature on discrimination and the impact of US civil rights legislation in curtailing explicit discrimination. Investigation of women entrepreneurs and term-sheet negotiations was informed by a well-established program of research on gender and negotiation in such fields as organisational behaviour, social psychology and conflict management. Labour market segregation means that women dominate professions that are paid less and associated with lower human capital than those historically occupied by men. The chapter explains the effect of the wage gap on human capital accumulation and the implication for women's entrepreneurship.
