The author make use of the European Survey on Working Conditions to compare sole proprietors' working conditions and workloads. The survey covers more than 20.000 people in all forms of gainful employment in 15 EU countries. Sole proprietors are not "hands-off" entrepreneurs; rather, a high...

The discussion on new forms of non-privileged self-employment of women and minorities is usually divided into separate discourses on women’s opportunities on the one hand and ethnic business on the other. The focus in the discussion about the special resources of migrant entrepreneurship has...