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Title: Essays on Female Self-Employment
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Lim, Katherine |
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Essays on Female Self-Employment Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Public Policy and Economics, University of Michigan, 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Earnings; Maternal Employment; Self-Employed Workers; Work Hours/Schedule Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This dissertation explores the determinants and consequences of self-employment among American women. In the first essay, I quantify the value of self-employment as a flexible work alternative for mothers with young children and estimate the impact of self-employment experience on women's future employment and earnings. Using data from the NLSY79, I incorporate self-employment into a life-cycle model of married women's fertility and employment decisions. I find that mothers with preschool-aged children value the package of flexible amenities in self-employment at around $7,400 annually. My model suggests that this additional flexibility encourages mothers to switch from wage and salary employment to self-employment, which lowers their lifetime earnings. Overall, the findings suggest that workplace flexibility is highly valued by mothers and that it is an important driver of their fertility and employment decisions. |
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Lim, Katherine. Essays on Female Self-Employment. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Public Policy and Economics, University of Michigan, 2016. |