Dependent Self-Employment: Workers on the Border between Employment and Self-Employment

by U. Muehlberger

Overview

This book investigates work relationships on the border between employment and self-employment. Bringing together economic, sociological and legal research approaches, it analyses why firms deploy dependent self-employed workers, why individuals supply this form of work and by which informal and formal mechanism dependency is created.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230515499
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/17/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

ULRIKE MUEHLBERGER is a Lecturer in Economics at the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Austria, from where she gained a PhD in Economics. She also holds a PhD in Sociology from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Table of Contents

The Blurring Boundaries between Employment and Self-Employment Work on the Border between Employment and Self-Employment The Institutional Factor: Labour Law and Regulations across Europe The Supply Side: Identifying Workers on the Border between Employment and Self-Employment The Organizational Governance of Dependent Forms of Self-Employment The Creation of Dependent Self-Employment in Comparative Perspective Conclusions