Career or flexible work arrangements? Gender differences in self-employment in a young market economy
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.
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2019
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Authors: | Buttler, Dominik ; Sierminska, Eva |
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Essen : Global Labor Organization (GLO) |
Subject: | Risk | Self-Employment | Work conditions | Gender | Poland |
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freely available
Series: | GLO Discussion Paper ; 403 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 1687678804 [GVK] hdl:10419/203479 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:glodps:403 [RePEc] |
Classification: | D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; G11 - Portfolio Choice ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098931