Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3644

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; New Firms; Startups
• Thema: Businesswomen ; entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; economics of minorities ; immigrants wage differentials ; Weibliche Führungskräfte ; Selbstständige ; Unternehmer ; Lohn ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Constant, Amelie F.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35223
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080825214
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ