Do different factors explain male and female self-employment rates?

Saridakis, George; Marlow, Susan; Storey, David J.

Abstract

This article challenges the assumption that the factors associated with the self-employment choices of women differ from those of men; specifically, we test the extent to which women are influenced by standard economic factors compared with family and social issues. We find that economic factors influence the self-employment choices made by men and by women in the long and short-run. Although some findings were sensitive to the chosen self-employment measure our short-run findings, in particular, are at variance with the interpretation that self-employed women are less likely to be influenced by economic factors than their male counterparts. Consequently, we argue that gender-based explanations have exaggerated the importance of social factors in the self-employment choices made by women. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.

Citation

Saridakis, G., Marlow, S., & Storey, D. J. (2014). Do different factors explain male and female self-employment rates?. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(3), 345-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.04.004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 30, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2013
• Publication Date: May 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Mar 11, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Business Venturing
• Print ISSN: 0883-9026
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 345-362
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.04.004
• Keywords: Self-employmentGenderEconomyTime-seriesCo-integration
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1624003
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902613000384
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