The reemergence of self-employment [electronic resource] : a comparative study of self-employment dynamics and social inequality / edited by Richard Arum and Walter Mueller.

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The reemergence of self-employment [electronic resource] : a comparative study of self-employment dynamics and social inequality / edited by Richard Arum and Walter Mueller.

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Arum, Richard.

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1 online resource (xvii, 466 pages) : illustrations

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Self-employment dynamics in advanced economies / Walter Müller and Richard Arum -- Trends in self-employment in Germany : different types, different developments? / Henning Lohmann and Silvia Luber -- Entries and exits from self-employment in France over the last twenty years / Thomas Amossé and Dominique Goux -- Dutch self-employment between 1980 and 1997 / Boris F. Blumberg and Paul M. de Graaf -- Self-employment in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s / Nigel Meager and Peter Bates -- Entrepreneurs and laborers : two sides of self-employment activity in the United States / Richard Arum -- Self-employment in Australia, 1980-1999 / M.D.R. Evans and Joanna Sikora -- Winners or losers? Entry and exit into self-employment in Hungary : 1980s and 1990s / Péter Róbert and Erzsébet Bukodi -- Three forms of emergent self-employment in post-Soviet Russia : entry and exit patterns by gender / Theodore P. Gerber -- Self-employment in Italy : scaling the class barriers / Paolo Barbieri and Ivano Bison -- Entry into and exit from self-employment in Japan / Hiroshi Ishida -- On one's own : self-employment activity in Taiwan / Wei-hsin Yu and Kuo-Hsien Su -- The reemergence of self-employment : comparative findings and empirical propositions / Richard Arum and Walter Müller.

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2004

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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, they are being replaced by self-employment in both professional and unskilled occupations. Differences in self-employment across societies depend on the extent to which labor markets are regulated and the degree to which intergenerational family relationships are a primary factor structuring social organization.

For each of the eleven countries analyzed, the book highlights the extent to which social background, educational attainment, work history, family status, and gender affect the likelihood that an individual will enter--and continue--a particular type of self-employment. While involvement with self-employment is becoming more common, it is occurring for individuals in activities that are more diverse, unstable and transitory than in years past.

Author Notes

Richard Arum is Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions, at New York University. Walter Müller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Mannheim and Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research.

Walter Müller and Richard ArumHenning Lohmann and Silvia LuberThomas Amossé and Dominique GouxBoris F. Blumberg and Paul M. de GraafNigel Meager and Peter BatesRichard ArumM.D.R.Evans and Joanna SikoraPéter Róbert and Erzsébet BukodiTheodore P.GerberPaolo Barbieri and Ivano BisonHiroshi IshidaWei-hsin Yu and Kuo-Hsien SuRichard Arum and Walter Müller

Illustrations	p. vii
Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Chapter 1 Self-Employment Dynamics in Advanced Economies	p. 1
Chapter 2 Trends in Self-Employment in Germany: Different Types, Different Developments?	p. 36
Chapter 3 Entries and Exits from Self-Employment in France over the Last Twenty Years	p. 75
Chapter 4 Dutch Self-Employment between 1980 and 1997	p. 104
Chapter 5 Self-Employment in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s	p. 135
Chapter 6 Entrepreneurs and Laborers: Two Sides of Self-Employment Activity in the United States	p. 170
Chapter 7 Self-Employment in Australia,1980-1999	p. 203
Chapter 8 Winners or Losers? Entry and Exit into Self-Employment in Hungary: 1980s and 1990s	p. 245
Chapter 9 Three Forms of Emergent Self-Employment in Post-Soviet Russia: Entry and Exit Patterns by Gender	p. 277
Chapter 10 Self-Employment in Italy: Scaling the Class Barriers	p. 310
Chapter 11 Entry into and Exit from Self-Employment in Japan	p. 348
Chapter 12 On One's Own: Self-Employment Activity in Taiwan	p. 388
Chapter 13 The Reemergence of Self-Employment: Comparative Findings and Empirical Propositions	p. 426
Contributors' Notes	p. 455
Index	p. 459

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