Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia
Recent years have seen a strong growth in female employment and, with it, a rise in the level of female self-employment. Between 1985 and 1999 the latter increased by 25.6 per cent. By 1999 women accounted for nearly one third (31.3 per cent) of all (unincorporated) self-employed workers. Notwithsta...
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| description | Recent years have seen a strong growth in female employment and, with it, a rise in the level of female self-employment. Between 1985 and 1999 the latter increased by 25.6 per cent. By 1999 women accounted for nearly one third (31.3 per cent) of all (unincorporated) self-employed workers. Notwithstanding the strong growth in the level of female self-employment and their importance within this sector, little is known or understood about female self-employment. This paper makes a modest attempt to fill this gap. Using shift-share analysis as well as multivariate techniques the paper examines the incidence, growth and characteristics of self-employment disaggregated by gender. Comparisons are made in relation to wage and salary employment. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-283542017-01-30T13:04:36Z Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia Preston, Alison Recent years have seen a strong growth in female employment and, with it, a rise in the level of female self-employment. Between 1985 and 1999 the latter increased by 25.6 per cent. By 1999 women accounted for nearly one third (31.3 per cent) of all (unincorporated) self-employed workers. Notwithstanding the strong growth in the level of female self-employment and their importance within this sector, little is known or understood about female self-employment. This paper makes a modest attempt to fill this gap. Using shift-share analysis as well as multivariate techniques the paper examines the incidence, growth and characteristics of self-employment disaggregated by gender. Comparisons are made in relation to wage and salary employment. 2001 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28354 Curtin University of Technology fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Preston, Alison Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title_full | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title_short | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia |
| title_sort | characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28354 |