Gender Gap and Segregation in Self-Employment: On the Role of Field of Study and Apprenticeship Training
Publication details
Authors:
Robert Stohmeyer
Number:
13/2007
INTRODUCTION
There are two phenomena in the field of female entrepreneurship that have not yet been adequately explained by previous research, namely (first) the “gender gap” in self-employment and (second) gender-specific occupational and industrial segregation, also in selfemployment.