Share of Firms with Positive Sales, by Gender and Month

Source: Authors’ calculations on the late-2020 phone survey data.

Note: This figure shows the share of firms reporting positive monthly sales (>0), for February through July 2020. Data come from the retrospective six-month panel of firm outcomes collected via phone survey for the 490 firm owners that constitute our analysis sample. Male-owned firms are indicated with a triangle (102 firms) and female-owned with a circle (388 firms). Bars represent the 95 percent confidence interval.