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Working conditions of the dependent self-employed

In: Dependent Self-Employment

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Analysing the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey, this chapter evaluates the dominant narrative about dependent self-employment that the working conditions of those engaged in dependent self-employment are worse than for other types of employment. The finding is that the dependent self-employed do not always have significantly worse working conditions than the rest of the population in employment. Although some aspects of their working conditions are worse (physical environment, duration of work, atypical working times, social support from colleagues, cognitive dimension of work, training, career prospects and company downsizing), this is not the case across all aspects of their working conditions. To assert, therefore, that the dependent self-employed have worse working conditions than the rest of the employed population is a simplification.

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  • ., 2019. "Working conditions of the dependent self-employed," Chapters, in: Dependent Self-Employment, chapter 6, pages 118-140, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Bühler, Dorothee & Sharma, Rasadhika & Stein, Wiebke, 2020. "Occupational Attainment and Earnings in Southeast Asia: The Role of Non-cognitive Skills," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    2. Tomáš Beňuška & Pavel Nečas, 2021. "On societal security of the state: applying a perspective of sustainability to immigration," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 9(2), pages 473-487, December.

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