Sweet and bitter: Why female entrepreneurs often have high survival rates but low incomes

Abstract

"Despite the fact that female start-ups out of unemployment show higher survival rates than their male counterparts, female entrepreneurs gain considerably lower incomes. We analyse this phenomenon with a semi-logarithmic OLS-regression based on a modified Mincer-type earnings function. Gender disparities are partially significant in double-income-households with three or more members. For women in West Germany contributions to the household income are decreasing with the size of the household. Consequently, insufficient social security and the risk of poverty at the old age cannot be denied. Evidently, a wholesale evaluation of start-up schemes should consider more than mere survival in the market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Noll, S. & Wießner, F. (2011): Sweet and bitter: Why female entrepreneurs often have high survival rates but low incomes. In: Sozialer Fortschritt, Vol. 60, No. 8, p. 180-187. DOI:10.3790/sfo.60.8.180