Sex, Entrepreneurship, and Benefits: The Role of Small Business Owners in Promoting Gender Equity in the Workplace through Benefits Offerings

The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether the sex of a business owner influences the benefits offered by a given business. Specifically, are female-owned businesses more likely than male-owned firms to have family-friendly employment benefits in place? My hypothesis is that there is a relationship between the sex of a business owner and the benefits that are available and offered to the employees of that firm. I use a sample drawn from the Kauffman Firm Survey Third Follow-Up that includes independently-started businesses with 5-29 employees and 1-2 owners that have been in business for 4 years. I analyze the incidence of the following benefits for both full- and part-time employees: (1) flextime/alternative work schedules, (2) health plans, (3) paid sick leave, and (4) paid vacation leave.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Winter, Iris

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pat Dunham
• Moni McIntyre

• Benefits
• Entrepreneur
• Equally Owned
• Flextime
• Small Business
• Women Owned Business

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1373

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2389