Exploring Self-employment in the European Union
Author : Greet Vermeylen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN : 9789289715980
Author : Greet Vermeylen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2017
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ISBN : 9789289715980
Author : Wieteke Conen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 24,32 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788115031
Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed – and even reversed in some countries – and the prospect of ‘being your own boss’ is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia. Traditionally, self-employment has been associated with independent entrepreneurship, but increasingly it has become a form of precarious work. This book utilises evidence-based information to address both the current and future challenges of this trend as the nature of self-employment changes, as well as to demonstrate where, when and why self-employment has emerged as precarious work in Europe.
Author : Renata Semenza
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1788118456
This book aims at explaining the variance in legal status, working conditions, social protection and collective representation of self-employed professionals across Europe. Despite considerable diversity, the authors observe three strategic models of mobilisation: the provision of services; advocacy, lobbying and the political role; and the extension of collective bargaining. They highlight the new urgent challenges that have emerged including the implementation of universal social protection schemes, active labour market policies likely to support sustainable self-employment, and the renewal of social dialogue through bottom-up organisations to extend the collective representation of project-based professionals.
Author : Colin C. Williams
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788118839
Dependent self-employment is widely perceived as a rapidly growing form of precarious work conducted by marginalised lower-skilled workers subcontracted by large corporations. Unpacking a comprehensive survey of 35 European countries, Colin C. Williams and Ioana Alexandra Horodnic map the lived realities of the distribution and characteristics of dependent self-employment to challenge this broad and erroneous perception.
Author : Wieteke Conen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 180088186X
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this Research Handbook examines the shifting global landscape of self-employment. It provides an authoritative overview of key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the field, and presents evidence-based policy responses to the multifaceted nature of modern self-employment.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2015-11-13
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ISBN : 9264226419
The report contains data on the scale and scope of entrepreneurship and self-employment activities across EU Member States by social target groups, as well as the barriers they face.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2013-12-18
Category :
ISBN : 9264188169
This book collects and synthesizes information and data on entrepreneurship activities in Europe, focusing on people that are at the greatest risk of social exclusion, including young people, older people, women, ethnic minorities and migrants, people with disabilities and the unemployed.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2016-05-20
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ISBN : 9264251499
This compendium contains 20 case studies of public programmes in European countries that are successfully supporting business creation by people from disadvantaged and under-represented groups in entrepreneurship.
Author : Valeria Pulignano
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889667383
Author : Jeroen Horemans
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN :
In work-poverty has become a pressing social issue in Europe. The self-employed remain relatively uncharted terrain in this context. With about 15 percent of European workers in self-employment this group can no longer be ignored, especially since self-employment is on the rise in many countries, particularly own-account self-employment. Drawing on EU-SILC data this paper provides a systematic mapping exercise of poverty and living standards among the self-employed in the European Union. We find that the self-employed in Europe generally face significantly higher income poverty risks than contracted workers. Looking in more detail at the drivers of income poverty among the self-employed we find that in addition to lower reported earnings, lower overall work-intensity at the household level appears to be an important driver. However, while income poverty levels are quite significant among the self-employed, material deprivation rates are generally much lower. The discrepancy between income poverty measures and material deprivation measures is much larger for the self-employed than it is for employees. One possible explanation is that the self-employed can more often draw on assets accumulated over the life cycle or on business assets they control. The self-employed constitute a very mixed segment of the workforce and within-group inequality is quite significant. One group emerges as being particularly at-risk of poverty are own-account workers, substantiating worries about the rise of this form of self-employment. While the paper offers extensive descriptive analysis and some tentative explanations, an important and sizable research agenda remains.