According to Tanvig, women in peripheral areas most often opt for a certain type of entrepreneurship, a type of entrepreneurship which is highly dependent on the local communities and the opportunities within this community. Thus, women in these areas often start up small businesses with no or only a few employees working part-time or full-time. This might not create many new jobs in the peripheral areas, however, more women might return to the peripheral areas upon having finished their education and remain there to create other forms of employment than those traditionally offered in the local communities, thus these women might be instrumental in evening out the gender balance (Tanvig 2010).