Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia
| dc.contributor.author | Preston, Alison | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:04:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:04:36Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2008-11-12T23:36:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Preston, Alison (2001) Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia, Women's Economic Policy Analysis Unit (WEPAU) Discussion Paper: no. 13, Curtin University of Technology, School of Economics and Finance. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28354 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
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. | |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University of Technology | |
| dc.title | Characteristics & determinants of self-employed women in Australia | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dcterms.source.volume | 13 | |
| dcterms.source.month | mar | |
| dcterms.source.series | Women's Economic Policy Analysis Unit (WEPAU) Discussion Paper | |
| curtin.department | School of Economics and Finance | |
| curtin.identifier | EPR-3045 | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
| curtin.faculty | Curtin Business School |