The factors that allow self-employed individuals to create small- to medium-size businesses that employ other individuals are examined.Factors considered include housing wealth (i.e., capital assets), parental background, educational level, local market conditions, and age of the self-employed....

This paper investigates whether the female self-employed are more affected by the COVID-19 crisis than the male self-employed using longitudinal data four months following the first 'lockdown' in the UK. We specifically test the role of family/social, economic and psychological factors on...

In the UK by late 2014 there were almost 0.75m more self-employed than at the start of the financial crisis in early 2008. This represents over 75% of jobs growth in the UK over the same period. This experience has attracted commentary from independent policy analysts and others, focusing on...