The Relationship between Family Law and Female Entrepreneurship in Germany
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Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2013. (Leuphana Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit & Recht; No. 4).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - The Relationship between Family Law and Female Entrepreneurship in Germany
AU - Guerra González, Jorge
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Many fewer women than men try the entrepreneurial way in Germany. Any explanation for this phenomenon must be complex, as many factors are relevant for its production. Among other things, it is possible to speculate on sexual/gender discrimination, on more or less voluntary decisions of women or on different starting conditions for potential entrepreneurs. We assume that these options are closely related. This paper will concentrate, though, on the third alternative. Its focus will be set on the “family field,” or more precisely, onthe role of family law in hindering women from trying self-employment. The family field in Germany has not evolved in the sense of gender equality along with all other areas of society - e.g., entrepreneurship. No gender equality is possible if the family field is not part of it. This paper analyses causes and consequences for this phenomenon.
AB - Many fewer women than men try the entrepreneurial way in Germany. Any explanation for this phenomenon must be complex, as many factors are relevant for its production. Among other things, it is possible to speculate on sexual/gender discrimination, on more or less voluntary decisions of women or on different starting conditions for potential entrepreneurs. We assume that these options are closely related. This paper will concentrate, though, on the third alternative. Its focus will be set on the “family field,” or more precisely, onthe role of family law in hindering women from trying self-employment. The family field in Germany has not evolved in the sense of gender equality along with all other areas of society - e.g., entrepreneurship. No gender equality is possible if the family field is not part of it. This paper analyses causes and consequences for this phenomenon.
KW - Gender and Diversity
KW - gender studies
KW - family law
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - chance equality
KW - social sustainability
KW - Gender studies
KW - Familienrecht
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Chancengleichheit
KW - soziale Nachhaltigkeit
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Law
KW - Sustainability Science
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Leuphana Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit & Recht
BT - The Relationship between Family Law and Female Entrepreneurship in Germany
PB - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -