Gender, age and self‐employment: some things change, some stay the same

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Female entrepreneurship and the management of business and domestic roles: Motivations, expectations and realities (2012, background): “Some women are attracted by opportunities to improve their circumstances and take action to exploit them: Bennett and Dann ( 2000 ) and Walker and Webster ( 2007 ) identify motivators such as the desire for self-fulfilment or independence, greater wealth or being one's own boss.”
Self-employment and family life: constructing work–life balance when you're ‘always on’ (2014, background): “Mothers of younger children are more likely to seek self-employment as a way to manage the domestic double shift (Walker & Webster, 2007) and, more often than fathers, cite selfemployment as a strategy to integrate work and family responsibilities (Boden, 1999; Gray & Hughes, 2005; Marler & Moen,…”
Entrepreneurial intentions in the third age: the impact of perceived age norms (2011, background): “The ‘‘pull’’ argumentation suggests that there will be growing numbers of (early) retirees with the experience, know-how and financial means for entrepreneurship (Baucus and Human 1994; Singh and DeNoble 2003) who may wish to remain economically active in order to maintain a lifestyle ( Walker and W”