Pathways into Self-Employment in the United States and Germany

Patricia A. McManus

Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2001, vol. 70, issue 1, 24-30

Abstract: Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, this research compares pathways into self-employment among men and women in the United States and Western Germany. Academic and vocational credentials are more important for stabilizing self-employment in the United States than in Germany, where the lack of credentials is a significant deterrent to self-employment entry. Intergenerational transmission of self-employment is more prominent among men than among women in both countries, while spousal transmission of self-employment status is more prominent among women. In both countries, women's self-employment mobility is sensitive to domestic responsibilities.

Date: 2001
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