 Why do some women micro-entrepreneurs decide to formalise their businesses?Carla Susana Marques, Carmem Teresa Leal, Gina Santos, Carlos Peixeira Marques and Roberta Alves International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2017, vol. 30, issue 2, 241-258 Abstract: The present study intends to identify the profile of women microentrepreneurs and assess the extent to which their entrepreneurial motivations may be influenced by legal incentives to formalise their businesses and by their capacity to reconcile the demands of family and work. A questionnaire was used to gather data on the individual entrepreneurial initiatives of women in Brazil. We evaluated multiple linear regression models for their explanation of the dimensions involving motivations to formalise business activities and dual roles as workers and homemakers, as well as using cluster analysis to identify the profile of women micro-entrepreneurs. The results suggest that these women opt for legalised individual entrepreneurship to access the benefits offered by the formalisation of their businesses and to search for mechanisms that encourage a work-family balance. Keywords: women entrepreneurs; profile; motivation; work-family balance; business formalisation; micro-entrepreneur law; Brazil; legal incentives; female entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; micro-entrepreneurs; micro-enterprises; multiple linear regression modelling; cluster analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:30:y:2017:i:2:p:241-258 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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