Abstract: Data from the International Social ScienceSurvey/Australia (IsssA) are used to study two decades of self-employmenttrends in Australia. First, the institutional setting of self-employmentin Australia is described, and relevant research is summarized.The data,which are based on 1980-1998 surveys of 1,005 self-employed men, 566self-employed women, and nearly 14,000 people in dependent employment, are thenpresented and analyzed. Findings suggest that men and women with self-employed fathers are morelikely than others to be self-employed.Although education affects entryinto self-employment, it does not affect exit.The timing ofself-employment is another important issue: rates of entry for both men andwomen increase nonlinearly with age. However, self-employment in unskilledoccupations is not age-differentiated. Finally, the self-employed report higher levels of job satisfaction than doemployees.Implications of these findings for issues of globalization,marginalization, and gender differences are also discussed. (SAA)
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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