کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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970651 | 1479534 | 2013 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Compared to self-employed men, self-employed women have more education but considerably lower earnings, generating differences in the returns to education by gender. This paper finds evidence that men typically benefit from a complementary relationship between education and earnings. However, women are heterogenous in their returns to education. Women who self-employ in traditionally female occupations do not benefit from this complementary relationship, and women who self-employ in traditionally male occupations earn returns that are more similar to the male experience.
► Highly educated women are increasingly choosing to self-employ.
► These women have considerably lower earnings compared to men.
► This paper finds heterogeneity in the returns to education for self-employed women according to occupational choice.
► Women who self-employ in traditionally female occupations earn minimal returns on their education.
► Women who self-employ in traditionally male occupations earn returns that are more similar to the male experience.
Journal: The Journal of Socio-Economics - Volume 44, June 2013, Pages 112–119