Women more independent after parental leave

Women tend to be self-employed after parental leave

17/10/2014

As Die Welt describes it compactly, citing a study by the Institute for SME Research (IfM) in Bonn, women tend to become self-employed after a baby break and start a business. The reasons are, Rosemarie Kay from the IfM, among others in “the desire or the need to reconcile work and parenting. For this, self-employment offers better opportunities.“ According to Kay show her study, among others, „that the founding motive "reconciliation of work and family life" has a positive influence on the founding inclination and execution of women.“

Another possible reason for „a higher start-up propensity for women with career breaks - primarily among high-skilled and high-paid women“ she sees „in a generally lower estimation of women's productivity by employers who rate women on the basis of statistical averages.“ So would „(longer) interruptions of employment as an indication of a lower employment orientation are evaluated by the (potential) employer“, and that's why, according to Kay, women have less chance of getting an adequate job. Both increase the foundation tendency according to their study.

Lack of employment guarantee after parental leave requires strong start-up motivation
„Business interruptions significantly increase the probability of start-up if they are not linked to any employment guarantee. In addition, be „The more likely and the longer a woman breaks off her employment for family reasons, the more likely she is to start a business,“ says Kay.

„Education-related career breaks with the right to return to the previous employer, on the other hand, tend not to exert any influence on women's founding orientation. The employment guarantee does not therefore affect start-ups, but does not promote them,“ so Kay in a press release of the IfW Bonn.

According to Welt.de, the figures of 6058 women were considered, of which 1463 have founded a company at least once in their lives. (Jp)

Picture: Helene Souza