Self-employment: the new solution for balancing family and career? |
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Institution: | 1. University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW, UK;2. Independent researcher, Italy;1. Peking University HSBC Business School, RM 731 HSBC Business School Building, Shenzhen 518055, China;2. Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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Abstract: | We examine the hypothesis that white married women, particularly more educated women, are increasingly choosing self-employment as a strategy to balance family and career. We test two models using data from the CPS, NLS and NLSY, to examine the determinants of self-employment for women in the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Our findings suggest that married women with greater family responsibilities are more likely to be self-employed, and these impacts are stronger for more educated women. However, we find little support for the hypothesis that women are more likely in recent years to choose self-employment in response to family demands. |
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