Self-employment and the paradox of the contented female worker
| Autor: | Keith A. Bender, Kristen Roche |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Labour economics Entrepreneurship Earnings media_common.quotation_subject Ceteris paribus 05 social sciences Wage Differential (mechanical device) General Business Management and Accounting 0502 economics and business Economics Job satisfaction Salary 050207 economics 050203 business & management Self-employment media_common |
| Zdroj: | Small Business Economics. 47:421-435 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0913 0921-898X |
| Popis: | A large literature finds that the self-employed are more satisfied in their jobs. Interestingly, like in the wage and salary sector, ceteris paribus, self-employed women are found to have more satisfaction in their jobs than self-employed men, even though the gender earnings differential is higher for the self-employed. This paper examines the so-called paradox of the contented female worker for both sectors, focusing on the importance of certain job attributes and whether workers actually experience these attributes. Properly controlling for the gap between desiring and actually obtaining these attributes ‘explains’ the gender differential in job satisfaction of the self-employed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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