Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia

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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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Main Author:	Preston, Alison
Format:	Working Paper
Published:	Curtin University of Technology 2001
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28354

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