Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27338 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 815
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
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
J23
J15
J61
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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