Modern ‘Land Girls’
(2019) EKHS01 20191Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Female entrepreneurs have been reported to choose self-employment for a variety of reasons, such as the flexibility of combining work and childcare. However, paradoxically female entrepreneurs may face double-bind situation where they are responsible for their business and are primary care givers of the family. Family farming is considered to be a very masculine occupation and the rural agricultural communities differ from their surrounding society on many levels. Those differences may be rooted in the surrounding understanding of society and gender regimes and the decision system farming families, specifically female farmers employ in their daily lives. This paper aims at inspecting the issue utilising two approaches. Firstly, the... (More)
- Female entrepreneurs have been reported to choose self-employment for a variety of reasons, such as the flexibility of combining work and childcare. However, paradoxically female entrepreneurs may face double-bind situation where they are responsible for their business and are primary care givers of the family. Family farming is considered to be a very masculine occupation and the rural agricultural communities differ from their surrounding society on many levels. Those differences may be rooted in the surrounding understanding of society and gender regimes and the decision system farming families, specifically female farmers employ in their daily lives. This paper aims at inspecting the issue utilising two approaches. Firstly, the composition of farmers in Northern Savonia in eight different years in a 25 year period are examined in order to identify differences in labour incomes for male and female farmers. This is done to understand the environment of family farming and changes in the recent history that have led to current situation. Secondly, a thematic analysis based on a questionnaire and 9 interviews from farmers in the same area is conducted to investigate the perceptions of male and female farmers on the topic of gender equality of the occupation. The results of this thesis do not contradict earlier findings, and it seems that male and female farmers have labour income differences, while those differences are diminishing. In addition, female farmers reported on more challenges in combining self-employment and childcare activities than their male counterparts which may indicate double-bind situation being prevalent. (Less)
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- author
- Mustonen, Lotta-Kaisa Susanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A study of the challenges in modern family farming, entrepreneurship and parenthood in Northern Savonia, Finland
- course
- EKHS01 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Keywords: female entrepreneurship, labour income differences, double-bind, family demography, gender equality, gender regimes
- language
- English
- id
- 8986088
- date added to LUP
- 2019-08-22 08:36:18
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abstract = {{Female entrepreneurs have been reported to choose self-employment for a variety of reasons, such as the flexibility of combining work and childcare. However, paradoxically female entrepreneurs may face double-bind situation where they are responsible for their business and are primary care givers of the family. Family farming is considered to be a very masculine occupation and the rural agricultural communities differ from their surrounding society on many levels. Those differences may be rooted in the surrounding understanding of society and gender regimes and the decision system farming families, specifically female farmers employ in their daily lives. This paper aims at inspecting the issue utilising two approaches. Firstly, the composition of farmers in Northern Savonia in eight different years in a 25 year period are examined in order to identify differences in labour incomes for male and female farmers. This is done to understand the environment of family farming and changes in the recent history that have led to current situation. Secondly, a thematic analysis based on a questionnaire and 9 interviews from farmers in the same area is conducted to investigate the perceptions of male and female farmers on the topic of gender equality of the occupation. The results of this thesis do not contradict earlier findings, and it seems that male and female farmers have labour income differences, while those differences are diminishing. In addition, female farmers reported on more challenges in combining self-employment and childcare activities than their male counterparts which may indicate double-bind situation being prevalent.}},
author = {{Mustonen, Lotta-Kaisa Susanna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Modern ‘Land Girls’}},
year = {{2019}},
}