This paper explores the relationship between self-employment, partner’s employment, the household and children on a … characteristics, household and labor market characteristics for both mothers and fathers in a family context and their probability to … be self-employed as compared to parents who have chosen formal, gainful employment. We focus on the data from the …

paper investigates variations in recruitment to self-employment and in self-employment performance by gender and by …

, have under-age children, and parents who are self-employed themselves. When women are younger and more educated but have … children, they choose self-employment as a way to circumvent unemployment. Women who are more educated and do not have under …-age children are more likely to be businesswomen in the salaried sector, suggesting a clear choice for a secure job. East German …

-employed (those whose parents were not self-employed) are more satisfied overall than are the second-generation self-employed. We … their parents, as well as parental transfers which loosen the self-employment participation constraint. This result is found …

substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity – women and immigrants …