@techreport{fa0bbf840c83439db4d134a72f7b8328,
title = "Self-employment and the Paradox of the Contented Female Worker",
abstract = "A large literature finds that the self-employed are more satisfied in their jobs. Interestingly, like in the wage and salary sector, ceteris paribus, self-employed women are found to have more satisfaction in their jobs than self-employed men, even though the gender wage differential is higher for the self-employed. This paper examines the so-called {\textquoteleft}paradox of the contented female worker{\textquoteright} for both sectors, focusing on the importance of certain job attributes and whether workers actually experience these attributes. Properly controlling for the gap between desiring and actually obtaining these attributes {\textquoteleft}explains{\textquoteright} the gender differential in job satisfaction of the self-employed.",
keywords = "job satisfaction, self-employment, gender differences, job attributes",
author = "Bender, {Keith A.} and Kristen Roche",
note = "Acknowledgements: Thanks to seminar participants at the University of Aberdeen and John Heywood for helpful comments. ",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
language = "English",
series = "Discussion Paper in Economics",
publisher = "University of Aberdeen: Business School",
number = "4",
pages = "0--30",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "University of Aberdeen: Business School",
}