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  • In work-poverty has become a pressing social issue in Europe yet the self-employed remain relatively uncharted terrain. With about 15 percent of European workers in self-employment this group can no longer be ignored, especially since self-employment is on the rise in some countries, particularly own-account self-employment. Drawing on EU-SILC data we show that the self-employed in Europe generally face significantly higher income poverty risks than contracted workers. However, while income poverty levels are quite significant among the self-employed, material deprivation rates are generally much lower. The discrepancy between income poverty measures and material deprivation measures is much larger for the self-employed than for employees. One possible explanation is that the self-employed can more often draw on assets accumulated over the life cycle or on business assets they control. One group emerges as being particularly at-risk of poverty are own-account workers, substantiating worries about the rise of this form of self-employment. The self-employed constitute a very mixed segment of the workforce and within-group inequality is quite significant, complicating possible policy responses. (xsd:string)
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  • 2024 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 2024 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 10.4337/9781800881860.00011 ()
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  • 9781800881860 ()
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  • Poverty, inequality and material deprivation among the self-employed in Europe (xsd:string)
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  • Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy (xsd:string)
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  • In Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy, edited by Conen, Wieteke and Reuter, Enrico, 80-98, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024 (xsd:string)
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  • European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) (xsd:string)
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