improved the position of white females. There has been a growth in incorporated self-employment rates of white women in …

-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes …

; is U-shaped in age and un-trended over time in the USA although they are trended up in a number of EU countries and …

In this paper I examine changes in self-employment that have occurred since the early 1980s in the United States. It is … (ACS). In contrast to the official definition of self-employment which simply counts the numbers of unincorporated self … self-employment for the US as a whole as well as in construction. Construction is particularly important given that it …

This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on young people’s employment, attitudes and … setting up a new business entirely. -- Youth entrepreneurship ; self-employment …

-24 have suffered disproportionately during the recession. Using the USA and UK as case studies, we analyse youth unemployment … still a strong case for policy intervention to address the difficulties that the young are having in accessing employment …

lessons have been learned that may guide future policy. We focus on Europe and USA, but introduce evidence from other …