Own-account workers in Europe: flexible, mobile, and often inadequately insured

Abstract: "The European Union is currently experiencing a kind of 'renaissance of selfemployment'. As part of this trend, the share of self-employed workers who are operating their enterprises without the support of dependent employees is growing particularly evidently. Members of this category of self-employed are known as 'ownaccount workers'. Proceeding from the theory of transitional labour markets, the authors develop a concept with which mobility rates and mobility patterns can be used to compare the dynamics of own-account work (entries, exits and duration) in five different European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom and occasionally Sweden). Against this background, the insurance coverage offered to the self-employed as well as that enjoyed by persons entering or exiting the status of selfemployment are then observed and compared across the different countries." (author's abstract)

Alternative title
Soloselbständigkeit in Europa: flexibel, mobil und oftmals unzureichend versichert
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 23 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Arbeit, Sozialstruktur und Sozialstaat, Abteilung Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Beschäftigung ; Bd. 2006-122

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2006
Creator
Schulze Buschoff, Karin
Schmidt, Claudia
Contributor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-114437
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • 2006

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