Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions

This article investigates the degree of involuntariness in the entrepreneurial activity of the dependent solo self-employed, as well as its association with the country's wealth and labour market institutions. Using the unique information available in the 2017 European Labour Force Survey (EU-L...

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Autores: Hernanz Martín, Virginia|||0000-0003-3683-9900, Carrasco, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/50791
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1980200
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Palabra clave:Dependent solo selfemployed
Involuntariness
Economic conditions
Labour market institutions
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
title Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
spellingShingle Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
Hernanz Martín, Virginia|||0000-0003-3683-9900
Dependent solo selfemployed
Involuntariness
Economic conditions
Labour market institutions
J01
J08
J28
L24
L26
Economía
Economics
title_short Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
title_full Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
title_fullStr Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
title_full_unstemmed Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
title_sort Dependent self-employment across Europe: involuntariness, country's wealth and labour market institutions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernanz Martín, Virginia|||0000-0003-3683-9900
Carrasco, Raquel
author Hernanz Martín, Virginia|||0000-0003-3683-9900
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Carrasco, Raquel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dependent solo selfemployed
Involuntariness
Economic conditions
Labour market institutions
J01
J08
J28
L24
L26
Economía
Economics
topic Dependent solo selfemployed
Involuntariness
Economic conditions
Labour market institutions
J01
J08
J28
L24
L26
Economía
Economics
description This article investigates the degree of involuntariness in the entrepreneurial activity of the dependent solo self-employed, as well as its association with the country's wealth and labour market institutions. Using the unique information available in the 2017 European Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) for 29 countries, we can properly identify the dependent solo self-employed and analyse to what extent they behave in accordance with an occupational choice model when making their self-employment decision. For that, we account for the reasons why they enter into self-employment (voluntarily or involuntarily either out of necessity or requested by the former employer). The results indicate that involuntary self-employment, mostly due to being required by previous employer, significantly increases the probability of being dependent solo versus nondependent self-employed. The wealthiest countries have a lower incidence of this group of workers, mainly if they are involuntary self-employed. Moreover, labour market institutions that decrease the flexibility of paid employment tend to increase the incidence of dependent solo self-employment. These results point to this group of workers being particularly vulnerable with the degree of vulnerability significantly increasing for those self-employed with a lesser degree of occupational choice.
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