Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/99178 
Year of Publication: 
2001
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[Journal:] Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung [ISSN:] 1861-1559 [Volume:] 70 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Duncker & Humblot [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2001 [Pages:] 24-30
Publisher: 
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Abstract: 
Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, this research compares pathways into self-employment among men and women in the United States and Western Germany. Academic and vocational credentials are more important for stabilizing self-employment in the United States than in Germany, where the lack of credentials is a significant deterrent to self-employment entry. Intergenerational transmission of self-employment is more prominent among men than among women in both countries, while spousal transmission of self-employment status is more prominent among women. In both countries, women's self-employment mobility is sensitive to domestic responsibilities.
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