Distance, expressed in kilometers, is the great circle distance between geographic centers, using the Haversine formula. Coordinates from the CIA's The World Factbook 2000. Contiguity is equal to 1 if two trading partners share a border. From the CIA's The World Factbook 2000. Common Language is equal to 1 if two trading partners share a common first language. From the CIA's The World Factbook 2000.

Distance, expressed in kilometers, is the great circle distance between geographic centers, using the Haversine formula. Coordinates from the CIA's The World Factbook 2000. Contiguity is equal to 1 if two trading partners share a border. From the CIA's The World Factbook 2000. Common Language is equal to 1 if two trading partners share a common first language. From the CIA's The World Factbook 2000.

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This paper examines the factors that influence transitions into self-employment, paying particular attention to gender differences. We find that: (i) men are more responsive to the wage differential between wage/salaried employment and self-employment; (ii) liquidity constraints are more important for men; and (iii) the link between father's self-employment status and the probability of self-employment is stronger for men. Taken together, these results suggest that, for women, self-employment is a closer substitute for part-time work and labourmarket inactivity than it is for men. We attribute such differences to the different labour market opportunities and occupational strategies of women.