The role of gender and its potential channels to affect self-employment in Taiwan |
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| Institution: | 1. National Chengchi University, Department of Public Finance, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-nan Rd., Wenshan, 11605, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Yuan Ze University, College of Management, No. 135, Yuan-Tung Road, Chung-Li, 32003, Taoyuan, Taiwan;1. University of Tunis, High Institute of Management, Tunis, Tunisia;2. College of Business Administration, AlBaha University, Saudi Arabia;3. Univ. Manouba, ESCT, RIM RAF, UR13ES56, Tunisia;4. University of Jeddah, College of Business, Department of Accounting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;5. University of Tunis, ISG, GEF-2A Lab, Tunis, Tunisia;6. University of Manouba, ESC, Manouba, Tunisia;1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;2. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India;1. European University at St. Petersburg, 6/1A Gagarinskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 191187, Russia;2. Department of Economics, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA;1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain;2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;1. University of Alcalá, Spain;2. University of Valladolid, Spain;1. European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre, Via Fermi 2749, I-21027, Ispra VA, Italy;2. Inter-American Development Bank, Calle 50 con Elvira Méndez, Tower Bank, Floor 23, Panama City, Panama |
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| Abstract: | This research investigates the gender differences in the self-employment sector by employing a dynamic panel model with county- and city-level data from 1998 to 2016 in Taiwan. Our study is distinct from most others in this issue in that we explore not only the inter-gender difference, but also the intra-gender differences in self-employment. Following this framework, we first find that women are on average less likely to self-employ than men, and further find that older men, married men, men living in lower income regions and women living in higher income regions are more likely to become self-employed compared to their respective reference groups. We thus argue that gender influences self-employment not only directly but also through interactions with other demographic variables. Separate evaluation of different groups based on demographics should therefore result in better targeting of policies. |
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| Keywords: | Self-employment Gender Dynamic panel model Taiwan J16 J21 C23 |
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