Gender Differences and Generation of Ideas on Civic Crowdsourcing

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Author(s): Susana Bernardino (Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)and J. Freitas Santos (Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 26
Source title: Handbook of Research on Approaches to Alternative Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): José Guilherme Leitão Dantas (CARME, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal)and Luísa Cagica Carvalho (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal & CEFAGE, University of Évora, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1981-3.ch017

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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Crowdsourcing platforms are being used to increase citizen engagement with the development and implementation of new projects that can improve the community's wellbeing. The use of civic crowdsourcing has also been extended to the younger segments of the population, such as the Youth Participatory Budgeting in Portugal. This research aims to study the ideas developed by young citizens in order to understand whether gender is able or not to influence the ideas generated by the applicants. The study uses a quantitative approach to explore the database of proposals made to this crowdsourcing program. The results show that young men are more involved in the submission of new ideas than women. Also, some differences were found concerning the territory where the opportunities are seized, in accordance with gender. No other significant differences were found in the ideas generated, such as the number of proponents, geographical scope, theme, or budget involved.

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