Self-Employment as a Contributor to Job Growth and as an Alternative Work Arrangement.
Examines self-employment issues, including identity of the self-employed in terms of gender, age, race and ethnicity, industry, and occupation. Reviews relationship between self-employment and job growth over time and reasons for entering self-employment from unemployment. Discusses self-employment...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2004.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Examines self-employment issues, including identity of the self-employed in terms of gender, age, race and ethnicity, industry, and occupation. Reviews relationship between self-employment and job growth over time and reasons for entering self-employment from unemployment. Discusses self-employment as an alternative work arrangement, including worker preferences and job insecurity, earnings and benefits, and misclassification of independent contractors for employee benefit purposes. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |