Date: 2003
Type: Thesis
Self-employment and the personal scope of labour law : comparative lessons from France, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States
Florence, European University Institute, 2003, EUI PhD theses, Department of Law
ENGBLOM, Samuel, Self-employment and the personal scope of labour law : comparative lessons from France, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, Florence, European University Institute, 2003, EUI PhD theses, Department of Law - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/4616
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The 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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First made available online on 13 March 2013.; Supervisor: Prof. Silvana Sciarra; Defence date: 26 September 2003
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/4616
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/68969
Series/Number: EUI PhD theses; Department of Law
LC Subject Heading: Labor laws and legislation -- Europe