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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 StoreyThis 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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Journal of Business VenturingISSN
0883-9026Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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3Volume
29Page range
345-362Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2015-12-07First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-03-05Usage metrics
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