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Title	Work-life Balance and Gender Differences in Self-employment Income during the Start-up Stage in Japan
Creator	Creator Name Okamuro, Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hiroyuki 岡室, 博之岡室, 博之 Affiliation Affiliation Name Hitotsubashi University Affiliation Affiliation Name National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
Creator	Creator Name Ikeuchi, Kenta Ikeuchi, Kenta 池内, 健太池内, 健太 Affiliation Affiliation Name Hitotsubashi University Affiliation Affiliation Name National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
Editor	Contributor Name 社会科学の高度統計・実証分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
Key Word	self-employment
	income
	gender gap
	female labor
	childcare
JEL	J13
	J16
	L26
	M13
Abstract	This study investigates the determinants of the income levels of newly self-employed workers compared to those of employees, while focusing on the effects of gender and childcare. We argue that working mothers with preschool children prefer self-employment to paid employment, as such arrangements offer better work-life balance. Hence, we predict that self-employed working mothers earn lower incomes than their male counterparts, employed counterparts, and female self-employed worker counterparts who do not have preschool children. Empirical results based on anonymous micro data from Japanese employment statistics support our hypotheses.
Publisher	Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date	2012-11
Language	English(eng)
Resource Type	technical report
Version Type	VoR
Is Part OfRelation -	Related Title Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series ; No. 260
Number of Pages	46
Sponsorship	グローバルCOEプログラム = Global COE Program
Appears in Collections	Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series
URL	https://hdl.handle.net/10086/25315