Self-employment: the new solution for balancing family and career?

By A. Wellington. 2006

197 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. I. Verheul
2. S. Carter
3. Jan Bernhardt
4. J. Allmendinger
5. M. Falk
6. T. Leoni
7. Martin A. Carree
8. Lena Hipp

In Gender Studies

1. S. Carter
2. Jan Bernhardt
3. J. Allmendinger
4. M. Falk
5. T. Leoni
6. I. Verheul
7. Martin A. Carree
8. Lena Hipp

In Sociology and Political Science

1. S. Carter
2. Jan Bernhardt
3. J. Allmendinger
4. M. Falk
5. T. Leoni
6. I. Verheul
7. Martin A. Carree
8. Lena Hipp

Citations in the corpus

• What Makes Entrepreneurs Happy? Determinants of Satisfaction Among Founders (2012, background): “The combination of work and household responsibilities appears an important consideration at firm start-up for a substantial number of entrepreneurs, but in particular for women ( Wellington 2006, p. 359 ).”
• The Rewards of Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Incomes, Wealth, and Economic Well–Being of Entrepreneurial Households (2011, background): “First, studies of self-employed households demonstrate that an individual is more likely to become self-employed if their spouse is in paid employment (Devine, 1994a; Wellington, 2006).”
• Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment (2015, background): “…and working hours (Powell, 1997; Andrén, 2003; Wrohlich, 2006; Del Boca and Vuri, 2007; Gong et al., 2010; OECD, 2010b) Availability of childcare – (Budig, 2006; Wellington, 2006) Notes: + empirical evidence for positive association, – empirical evidence for negative association, ∼ empirical…”
• Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “16 Examples of work in this literature include Bates (1995), Reynolds et al. (2004), Budig (2006), Wellington (2006), Greene et al. (2007), Parker (2009), and Kauffman Index (2016).”
• Individual Determinants of Self-Employment Entry – What Do We Really Know? (2013, unknown): “While men are mainly driven by higher potential returns, women aim essentially for flexibility in working hours and effort, thus allowing a better work-life balance (Carr, 1996; Edwards and FieldHendrey, 2002; Wellington, 2006; Gurley-Calvez et al., 2009; Vejsiu, 2011).”
• Gender and field of study as determinants of self-employment (2010, background): “This difference is partly driven by changing household structures, employment status of the partner, and familial responsibilities (Brown et al. 2006; Wellington 2006).”