This book presents results of a cross-national research project on self-employment in eleven advanced economies and demonstrates how and why the practice is reemerging in modern societies. While traditional forms of self-employment, such as skilled crafts work and shop keeping, are in decline,...

Annual data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) are used to highlight the distinct character of self-employment in the United States.Following an outline of the regulatory frameworks in which self-employment takes place and a discussion of the inequalities that flourish in the absence...

The findings of a series of cross-national studies of self-employment are synthesized.Using a theoretical framework that assumes individuals become and stay self-employed when the relative advantages are higher than in dependent employment, the cross-national similarities and differences among...

Taken together, the thirteen chapters of thisbook shed light on the factors leading individuals into self-employment.The volume examines the impact of economic change on the character,composition, and stability of self-employment.A theoretical framework fora cross-national study of...