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Regional Gender Pay Gaps and Female Entrepreneurship in the UK : The Role of Childcare Accessibility
Hummelink, Amber (2025) Regional Gender Pay Gaps and Female Entrepreneurship in the UK : The Role of Childcare Accessibility.
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| Abstract: | This thesis investigates the determinants of female self-employment in the United Kingdom on the Local Authority District (LAD) level. The specific focus lies on the role of regional gender pay gaps and childcare accessibility. Hierarchical regression models investigate with the use of cross-sectional data from 2018 to 2023 how disparities in the gender pay gap impact rates of female entrepreneurship. While childcare accessibility is considered as a moderating institutional factor. Control variables in the analysis are population density, female population share and regional political orientation. The results indicate that higher gender pay gaps have a positive relationship with increased female self-employment, which suggests that the gender pay gap may motivate women to pursue entrepreneurship as an alternative career path to traditional employment. However, this relationship weakens in areas with better accessible childcare, which highlights the essence of institutional support in influencing women’s entrepreneurial pathways. The study highlights the urgency for targeted policies addressing structural labour market inequalities together with the development of enabling infrastructure to promote gender equality and support female entrepreneurship. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106771 |
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