Work and Gender among Co-owners of Family Micro-Enterprises in Mexico

Alejandra Montes- de-Oca-O'Reilly () and Verónica Ortiz ()
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Alejandra Montes- de-Oca-O'Reilly: Profesor, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Mexico),
Verónica Ortiz: Student in the undergraduate program in Sociology, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (México),

International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2014, vol. 4, issue 12, 70-85

Abstract: This ethnographic study uses a gender perspective to examine the differences in the work of five (female-male) couples who are co-owners of family micro-enterprises in the town of Amayuca, in the state of Morelos (Mexico). These micro-entrepreneurs produce typical Mexican candied fruits. The following factors were analyzed: hours worked, access to money earned and the use of leisure time. We find that the wives work f0r more hours per week than their spouses, have no access to the money generated by the micro-enterprise, and less leisure time.

Keywords: Development work; gender; Mexico; micro-enterprises. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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