Who engages in dependent self-employment?

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Chapter 5 in Dependent Self-Employment, 2019, pp 101-117 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter evaluates the dominant narratives regarding dependent self-employment, namely that dependent self-employment is a precarious form of work that is conducted by marginalized groups of workers, and that this employment relationship is concentrated in the platform economy. Using the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey, the results reveals that the marginalization thesis holds only for some groups (for example, those with financial difficulties and those with fewer years in education), but not for others such as women or young people. Similarly, dependent self-employment is prevalent in skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery work, and therefore not low-skilled work; nor is it easy to link dependent self-employment purely with platform work. Indeed, there are other sectors where platform work is more prevalent (for example, transport, delivery) than is the case in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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