Gender differences in self-employment

Yannis Georgellis () and Howard Wall

International Review of Applied Economics, 2005, vol. 19, issue 3, 321-342

Abstract: This paper examines the factors that influence transitions into self-employment, paying particular attention to gender differences. We find that: (i) men are more responsive to the wage differential between wage/salaried employment and self-employment; (ii) liquidity constraints are more important for men; and (iii) the link between father's self-employment status and the probability of self-employment is stronger for men. Taken together, these results suggest that, for women, self-employment is a closer substitute for part-time work and labour-market inactivity than it is for men. We attribute such differences to the different labour market opportunities and occupational strategies of women.

Keywords: Self-employment; gender differences; entrepreneurship; German labour market; JEL Classification: J23; J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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