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Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany

Mature female entrepreneurs represent a non-traditional model of self-employed workers in both ways: in terms of gender and age. The transition into self-employment for women aged 45 years and older represents a topic of aging research that still tends to be overlooked. Previous studies found ambiva...

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Autores principales: Romeu Gordo, Laura, Stypińska, Justyna, Franke, Annette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569360
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.998230
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description Mature female entrepreneurs represent a non-traditional model of self-employed workers in both ways: in terms of gender and age. The transition into self-employment for women aged 45 years and older represents a topic of aging research that still tends to be overlooked. Previous studies found ambivalent results for the issue regarding motives and entrepreneurial pathways between former employmen or unemployment–and starting one's own business and the ways in which these entrepreneurial activities are shaped by social differences (such as gender) and biographically accumulated resources and restrictions. This article studies biographical-related factors and motivations that determine what is variously referred to as mature entrepreneurship for men and women aged 45 and above. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the descriptive analysis explains the main gender differences among people within the target age group who have taken the step into self-employment. The multivariate analysis interrogates the main determinants that govern any increase in the probability of becoming self-employed after the age of 45 and seeks to identify the main differences between women and men in relation to such determinants. The results show substantial gender-based occupational segregation in entrepreneurship patterns in this age group, with men working longer hours on average than women and enjoying higher average earnings. However, the multivariate analysis shows that the main drivers for mature entrepreneurship are similar for both men and women and that necessity represents an important factor for everyone for starting a business.
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spelling pubmed-97684462022-12-22 Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany Romeu Gordo, Laura Stypińska, Justyna Franke, Annette Front Sociol Sociology Mature female entrepreneurs represent a non-traditional model of self-employed workers in both ways: in terms of gender and age. The transition into self-employment for women aged 45 years and older represents a topic of aging research that still tends to be overlooked. Previous studies found ambivalent results for the issue regarding motives and entrepreneurial pathways between former employmen or unemployment–and starting one's own business and the ways in which these entrepreneurial activities are shaped by social differences (such as gender) and biographically accumulated resources and restrictions. This article studies biographical-related factors and motivations that determine what is variously referred to as mature entrepreneurship for men and women aged 45 and above. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the descriptive analysis explains the main gender differences among people within the target age group who have taken the step into self-employment. The multivariate analysis interrogates the main determinants that govern any increase in the probability of becoming self-employed after the age of 45 and seeks to identify the main differences between women and men in relation to such determinants. The results show substantial gender-based occupational segregation in entrepreneurship patterns in this age group, with men working longer hours on average than women and enjoying higher average earnings. However, the multivariate analysis shows that the main drivers for mature entrepreneurship are similar for both men and women and that necessity represents an important factor for everyone for starting a business. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9768446/ /pubmed/36569360 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.998230 Text en Copyright © 2022 Romeu Gordo, Stypińska and Franke. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Franke, Annette
Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title_full Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title_fullStr Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title_full_unstemmed Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title_short Gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? The case of Germany
title_sort gender differences in the determinants of mature entrepreneurship? the case of germany
topic Sociology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569360
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.998230
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