Family-related employment interruptions and self-employment of women : does policy matter?

Olga Suprinovič, Stefan Schneck and Rosemarie Kay

This paper analyzes how statutory entitlements to maternity or parental leave affect female entry into self-employment after childbirth. For our estimations we use comprehensive panel data for German adults born between 1944 and 1989. We find that utilization of statutory parental leave decreases women's probability to switch into self-employment. This effect is statistically significant for start-ups in highskilled occupations. In contrast, start-ups in low-skilled occupations are not significantly affected by statutory parental leave.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Suprinovič, Olga ; Schneck, Stefan ; Kay, Rosemarie
Publisher:	Bonn : IfM
Subject:	family policy \| parental leave \| women's self-employment \| Selbstständige \| Self-employed \| Familienpolitik \| Family policy \| Elternzeit \| Parental leave \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Frauen \| Women \| Familie \| Family

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (20 S.)
Series:	Working paper / Institut für Mittelstandsforschung. - Bonn : IfM, ISSN 2193-1879, ZDB-ID 2634057-4. - Vol. 03/15
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Zsfassung in dt. Sprache Systemvoraussetzungen: PDF-Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/111915 [Handle]
Classification:	J16 - Economics of Gender ; J18 - Public Policy ; L26 - Entrepreneurship ; M13 - Entrepreneurship
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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