We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly … proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana …, we find that males have a stronger preference for self-employment. This is mostly explained by differences in educational …

of variance). The study found out that among prospective graduates of higher education institutions in the study area … showed that the level of higher education, prior experience of self-employment, and the chance of taking extra curricular … among the study population. The study, however, showed gender, the chance of taking entrepreneurship courses as part of …

This paper estimates the causal effect of vocational high school (VHS) education on employment likeli-hood relative to … employment likelihood relative to GHS degree. However, once we include town-specific socio-economic variables to control for … education, employment, and business activity levels in the town, the IV estimates get much smaller and become statistically …

. However, existing work does not disentangle the selection-causality nexus. We use variation in gender composition of fields of … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for … into these fields. We also show that the EU-wide level of gender segregation across fields of study has not changed since …

gender differences in the earnings and promotion opportunities of 1985 university graduates employed full-time one year after … graduating. Even after accounting for the effects of faculty of enrollment, gender differences in initial employment outcomes are … attributable to gender-segregated labour market structures, union and professional association membership, and specific job …

This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups …, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …