Closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship: The importance of skill variety.

Autor/inn/en	Krieger, Alexander; Block, Jörn; Stuetzer, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Salmela-Aro, Katariina
Titel	Closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship: The importance of skill variety. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Überwindung der geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede im Unternehmertum: Die Bedeutung der Qualifikationsvielfalt.
Quelle	In: PLOS ONE, 17 (2022) Art. e0270976, 24 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0270976
Schlagwörter	Frau; Finnland; Frau; Mann; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstruktur; Determinante; Fächerwahl; Determinante; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstruktur; Berufsinteresse; Geschlechtsspezifik; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Unternehmungsgeist; Jugendlicher; Junger Erwachsener; Mann; Männlicher Jugendlicher; Weibliche Jugendliche; Finnland
Abstract	"Given that skill variety is widely regarded a key component of entrepreneurial human capital, gender differences in entrepreneurship could be rooted in the formation of such skill variety. Analyzing 12-year longitudinal data following 1,321 Finnish adolescents into adulthood, we study whether gender differences in skill variety open up early in the vocational development of entrepreneurs vs. non-entrepreneurs, thereby contributing to the persisting gender gap in entrepreneurship in adulthood. Specifically, structural equation modeling was used to test and compare the mediating effect of early skill variety in adolescence vs. education- and work-related skill variety in early adulthood on the gender gap in entrepreneurial intentions in adulthood. We find that education- and work-related skill variety indeed operate as an obstacle for women entrepreneurship, despite women outperforming men in early skill variety in adolescence. Hence, we identify a critical turning point in early adulthood where women fall behind in their development of entrepreneurial human capital." The study refers to the period 2007-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1