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Do different factors explain male and female self-employment rates?

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:41 authored by George Saridakis, Sue Marlow, David Storey
This article challenges the assumption that the factors associated with the self-employment choices of women differ from those of men; specifically, we test the extent to which women are influenced by standard economic factors compared with family and social issues. We find that economic factors influence the self-employment choices made by men and by women in the long and short-run. Although some findings were sensitive to the chosen self-employment measure our short-run findings, in particular, are at variance with the interpretation that self-employed women are less likely to be influenced by economic factors than their male counterparts. Consequently, we argue that gender-based explanations have exaggerated the importance of social factors in the self-employment choices made by women.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Journal of Business Venturing

ISSN

0883-9026

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

3

Volume

29

Page range

345-362

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  • Business and Management Publications

Full text available

  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-07

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2021-03-05

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