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Prevalence and trends

In: Dependent Self-Employment

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Reporting the European Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2010 and 2015, this chapter investigates the prevalence and the trends in dependent self-employment amongst 35 European countries, and possible explanations for the cross-country variations in the share of dependent self-employment. This reveals mixed results. When analysing the European member states only, the share of the dependent self-employed is lower in 2015 compared with 2010. When a larger sample of European countries is analysed, the results show a negligible increase in dependent self-employment when the whole economy is analysed, and a negligible decrease when the agricultural sector is excluded. This chapter also investigates two competing perspectives for explaining the marked cross-country variations in the share of dependent self-employment. The finding is that the neo-liberal countries with lower levels of state interference in work and welfare display higher levels of dependent self-employment than countries which intervene more actively in work and welfare.

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  • ., 2019. "Prevalence and trends," Chapters, in: Dependent Self-Employment, chapter 4, pages 67-100, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Brown, Austin L. & Fleming, Kelly L. & Lipman, Timothy & Fulton, Lew & Saphores, Jean Daniel & Tal, Gil & Murphy, Colin W & Shaheen, Susan & Austin, Bernadette & Garcia Sanchez, Juan Carlos & Martin, , 2020. "Carbon Neutrality Study 1:Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt5zb1238j, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.

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