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Carlena Ficano, Hartwick College - Systemic Barriers Faced By Minority and Women Entrepreneurs
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- May 14, 2026
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- 150
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Summary
The intersection of race, gender, and financial access needs further study. Carlena Ficano , professor of economics at Hartwick College , discusses why. Faculty Bio: Dr. Ficano’s areas of expertise include: labor economics, applied econometrics, social policy on low income family well-being, the economics of higher education and, most recently, local economic development. Recent courses taught include: * Econometrics * The Marketplace * Microbes, Markets, and Food * Labor Economics * The Economics of Race and Gender * Principles of microeconomics Her current research in collaboration with Lawrence Ogbeifun, assistant professor of economics at Hartwick College, https://www.hartwick.edu/people/lawrence-ogbeifun/ investigates barriers that women and racial minorities face in accessing small business loans. This research project engages the authors in applied macroeconomic (Ogbeifun) and microeconomic (Ficano) work that directly relates to and could be used as examples in their regular course offerings in labor economics, the economics of race and gender, principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, econometrics and macroeconomic theory. Transcript: Is it possible to quantify what is lost both by the entrepreneurs and by the larger society, when access to credit is limited by the intersection of one’s race and gender? Small businesses success is a well-recognized driver of community well-being. But not everyone seeking to secure a small-business loan is viewed equally by lenders--and differential access to credit for minority and women entrepreneurs has the potential to impose significant constraints on local and regional economies. My current research, conducted jointly with co-author Dr. Lawrence Ogbeifun, aims to shed new light on the systemic barriers fa…