Do parental allowances and parental leave affect mothers’ willingness to start their own businesses? A team of authors analyses this question in the latest Policy Brief, “Time or money? Mothers and Start-up Decisions“. The result: the length of parental leave has a significant influence on start-up intentions. The longer it takes, the greater is the willingness of women to implement their start-up idea. In contrast, the amount of parental allowance only plays a role for potential female entrepreneurs if they have strong family ties.
The policy brief series “Entrepreneurship in Focus” is published by the FGF Research Network Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs and IfM Bonn.
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New issue (4/2025) of the FGF/IfM Bonn Policy Brief titled “Time or Money? Mothers and Start-up Decisions” has been published