Self-employment and the personal scope of labour law : comparative lessons from France, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States

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dc.contributor.authorENGBLOM, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2006-05-29T13:46:45Z
dc.date.available2006-05-29T13:46:45Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionFirst made available online on 13 March 2013.
dc.descriptionSupervisor: Prof. Silvana Sciarra
dc.descriptionDefence date: 26 September 2003
dc.description.abstractThe past two decades has seen a growing interest, from both policy makers and scholars, in the legal regulation of work performed by self-employed workers. Increases in non-agricultural selfemployment in industrialised countries, together with political and ideological shifts, have fuelled interest in self-employment as a means of increasing employment. The attractions of selfemployment are manifold. To firms, self-employment is part of a two-fold change in the way firms operate: the move towards more flexibility as to the size and composition of the workforce, marked by an increased use of atypical workers and the disintegration of firms by arranging production through outsourcing, subcontracting and franchising. To workers, self-employment offers the greater autonomy connected with being their own boss, a chance of higher returns, or, at least, opportunities of gainful employment in times of high unemployment. To governments, self-employment has been seen as a means of increasing the number of small businesses, supposedly beneficial to the creation of new employment. Encouraging and removing barriers to self-employment is, therefore, a priority for many governments.
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dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2003en
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/68969
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/4616
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLAWen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhD Thesisen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.lcshLabor laws and legislation -- Europe
dc.titleSelf-employment and the personal scope of labour law : comparative lessons from France, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United Statesen
dc.typeThesisen
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