Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307606 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 03/24
Publisher: 
Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn, Bonn
Abstract: 
We ask if the self-employed not only make professional decisions but also interfere in the private decisions of their partners. With German panel data, we show a positive relationship between complaints about interference and the self-employment status of partners, which indicates that the self-employed dominate in business and private life. Moreover, we show that partners exercising control over their partners are a major source of conflicts at home. This study is the first to suggest that decision autonomy in the work sphere is associated with dominance in private life, harming relationships.
Subjects: 
procedural utility
procedural governance
self-employment
tensions
JEL: 
D10
D19
L26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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