The purpose of the paper is to address the knowledge gap regarding the role of microfinance in women’s micro-entrepreneurship. There is a dearth of studies on the subject and has been getting recent research attention. The research conducted in this study administered interview schedule to 370 women Self Help Group members registered for the provision of microfinance services under the Programmed “National Rural Livelihood Mission” in Kashmir Valley. In order to understand the influence of microfinance on women entrepreneurship, the study used Binary Logistic Regression considering three different Models for three different microcredit dimensions with control variables of age, education, marital status and family type. The results of all the three models showed positive and significant impact of microfinance (access to microcredit) on women’s micro-entrepreneurship. In addition to target variables, age of the women is negative and significant determinant of women entrepreneurship. However, in this study education and marital status of women and family system have no impact on women entrepreneurship.

The purpose of the paper is to address the knowledge gap regarding the role of microfinance in women’s micro-entrepreneurship. There is a dearth of studies on the subject and has been getting recent research attention. The research conducted in this study administered interview schedule to 370 wo...