Career or flexible work arrangements? Gender differences in self-employment in a young market economy

Dominik Buttler and Eva Sierminska

No 403, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: We examine supply-side determinants of transition from the wage and salary sector to selfemployment 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 selfemployment 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: Risk; Self-Employment; Work conditions; Gender; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 G11 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Journal Article: Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-employment in a Young Market Economy (2020)
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