Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Determinanten der Entscheidung, einen Sohn oder eine Tochter zum familieninternen Nachfolger zu bestimmen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf dem Geschlecht des Übergebers. Nationale wie internationale Forschungsarbeiten deuten darauf hin, dass...

This study adapts a multi-level view of culture, including society- and family-based gender norms and the family embeddedness perspective, to predict the career status of a sample of 2897 young Europeans (aged 18–35) from 11 countries, with at least one self-employed parent. We find that...

The growing presence of women on the Spanish labour market in the last few decades has revealed gender inequalities that affect both participation indicators such the activity or unemployment rate, and working conditions (working hours, contract duration, salaries, etc.). There are also...

This paper investigates why women's self-employment rates are consistently lower than those of men. It has three focal points. It discriminates between the preference for self-employment and actual involvement in self-employment using a two (probit) equation model. It makes a systematic...

The expansion of female intensive sectors due to globalization and trade liberalization engenders ample employment and income opportunities for female and thus female entrepreneurship. Despite an increase in the female entrepreneurship in recent decade, females are still outnumbered in...

The expansion of female intensive sectors due to globalization and trade liberalization engenders ample employment and income opportunities for female and thus female entrepreneurship. Despite an increase in the female entrepreneurship in recent decade, females are still outnumbered in...