business careers, and by investigating differences between native women (both from West and East Germany) and migrants using a … alternative choice. Women choose self-employment over a business career in the salaried sector when they are older, less educated …, have under-age children, and parents who are self-employed themselves. When women are younger and more educated but have …

women in 1990 underestimated the true, selection-corrected gap, i.e., the gap we would have expected to see had all of these … women been employed in 1990. In this paper, we use the NLSY97 to update his analysis. The observed median log wage gap … considerable extent by changes in the distribution of educational attainment across young white and black women. …

substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity – women and immigrants … substantially more financially rewarding option for most women. These findings raise the question of why low-skilled women enter … options and limited labor market opportunities in the wage/salary sector as motivating native born women to enter self …

Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics … favor of higher start-up rates among women, while the distribution of personality traits is less favorable for business …

wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany – self-employed and salaried …-employment sector that offers better opportunities and monetary success. Self-employed women in Germany fare well and most importantly …