The Self-Employed and Lifetime Incomes
Some UK Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9951765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nigel Meager (0000-0001-6409-6599, corresponding author), Peter Bates (0000-0002-0558-6907) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-58 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15579336.2001.11770225 |
| OpenAlex | W162284958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article notes that recent self-employment growth in advanced economies has often been accompanied by changes in the composition and dynamics of self-employment. In particular, more people and different types of people’ are now experiencing self-employment during their working lives. The article goes on to examine, using UK data, the implications of growing self-employment for income potential. Several types of analysis are undertaken. Initially, short-term panel data are used to model the determinants of transitions into and out of self-employment. The rest of the article then focuses on the implications of such transitions for incomes in the short, medium, and long terms. Cross-sectional data reveal the high level of dispersion of self-employed incomes, and suggest that self-employment increases the likelihood that an individual will have a very low income. We then look at the effect of previous self-employment spells on current incomes, showing that those who leave self-employment for wage employment do not appear to have a higher risk of low incomes. Finally, we look at older people, close to and beyond retirement age, and find that those with work histories including self-employment have a higher chance of low incomes in later life, with low levels of savings and low pension entitlements. The findings contradict popular stereotypes of high income self-employed people, raising policy questions regarding the extent to which social security and pension systems are well designedfor a labor market with a growing and heterogeneous group of self-employed people
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2017 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |