Williams, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933 and Horodnic, I.A. (2018) Evaluating the prevalence and distribution of dependent self-employment: some lessons from the European Working Conditions Survey. Industrial Relations Journal, 49 (2). pp. 109-127. ISSN 0019-8692
Abstract
This paper advances understanding of the prevalence and distribution of dependent self-employment. Analysing the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey of 35,765 employees in 28 European countries, the dependent self-employed are found to comprise 4.3% (1 in 23) of the EU workforce, 47% of all those reporting themselves as self-employed without employees, and 31% of all self-employed. The prevalence of dependent self-employment, however, is found to have decreased since the previous 2010 survey. Moreover, a regression analysis reveals it is not conducted purely by marginalised population groups, and is significantly more prevalent in agriculture, forestry and fishing, arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities, and the household services sector. The implications for theorising and tackling dependents self-employment are discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Authors. Industrial Relations Journal published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | self-employment; employment relations; labour law; dependent self-employment; European Union |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2018 15:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2020 10:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/irj.12206 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127579 |
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