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| Title: | | Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed  |
| Authors: | | Constant, Amelie F. |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 3644 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in these challenging jobs. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel I estimate selection adjusted wage regressions for both types of businesswomen by country of origin. I find that self-employment offers businesswomen a lucrative avenue with higher monetary rewards, albeit for a shorter spell. If salaried businesswomen went into self-employment, they would receive considerably higher wages and for at least 30 years. However, if self-employed businesswomen went into salaried jobs, their wages would decline, suggesting that it is the self-employment sector that offers better opportunities and monetary success. Self-employed women in Germany fare well and most importantly, success does not depend on their ethnicity. |
| Subjects: | | Businesswomen entrepreneurship self-employment economics of minorities immigrants wage differentials |
| JEL: | | M13 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080825214 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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