Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy

Dominik Buttler () and Eva Sierminska
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Dominik Buttler: Poznan University of Economics

No 12643, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine supply-side determinants of transition from the wage and salary sector to self-employment of women and men living Poland. The empirical analysis is made possible due to a unique and under explored longitudinal survey -- Social Diagnosis – that contains rare indicators such as job preferences and work events. The empirical results in the 2007-2015 period indicate that women and men transitioning into self-employment are differently motivated. In terms of job attributes, women find independence at work and for those in professional occupations a job matching their competences as a desirable job attribute, while for men the lack of stress, a good salary and independence is key. The analysis of work events and its influence on self-employment weakly confirms the glass-ceiling hypothesis. In line with other research, our analysis indicates that financial constraints strongly determine the entry into self-employment. A key human capital determinant is past entrepreneurial experience indicating a slow, cautious transition process into self-employment.

Keywords: Poland; risk; self-employment; work conditions; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 G11 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2019-09
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Published - published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues , 2020, 41, 70 - 95

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