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Title: Can Women Have It All? The Impact of Gender and Children on the Self-Employed

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Women often cite flexibility and a need to balance work and family life as their reasons for entering into self-employment. This study focuses on whether women can have successful businesses and families just like their male counterparts. Two models are used using a sample of married self-employed individuals and a sample of single self-employed individuals. The models control for demographic, industry, and geographic factors. The results show that married women on average make less than married men, single men, and single women. Children also have a negative impact on womens self-employment wages.

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Authors: Flaig, A.; Marshall, Maria

Conference Name: Proceedings of 2011 USASBE Conference

Publisher Location: Hilton Head, SC

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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