Dependent self-employment: workers between employment and self-employment in the UK

Artikel

Analysing the British Labour Force Survey, we highlight that dependent self-employed workers constitute a group distinct from both employees and independent self-employed workers in the labour market group. Dependent self-employed workers show characteristics of a more volatile labour market attachment than employed or self-employed workers. We provide empirical evidence that dependent self-employed workers are rather pushed than pulled into this labour market status, making dependent self-employment an example of 'necessity' rather than 'opportunity' entrepreneurship. Although data limitations only allow a limited longitudinal analysis, we provide evidence that the majority of dependent self-employed workers remain in the labour market in the short run - either as self-employed or employed - and that only few leave the labour market. In addition, dependent self-employment does not create jobs for others; in our data, dependent self-employed individuals stop being dependent and self-employed because they increase their customer base or return to paid employment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research ; ISSN: 2510-5027 ; Volume: 42 ; Year: 2009 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 182-195 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Law ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Subject: Scheinselbständige ; berufliche Selbständigkeit ; Berufsverlauf ; Arbeitsmarktrisiko ; Arbeitsrecht ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Böheim, René ; Mühlberger, Ulrike
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2009

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s12651-009-0014-x
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/158705
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET