With entrepreneurial ambitions at an eight-year high in Canada, new research suggests the structure of a business matters more than the decision to start one.
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Research tracking Canadians through marriage, childbirth, divorce and widowhood finds that entry into self-employment can be shaped as much by household circumstances as by individual ambition.
New deductions usually introduce new complexities and the need for better recordkeeping.
Resilient and not afraid to learn from your mistakes? Your passion could be the next big start-up.
It’s not a straight path from education to making a living, and universities should prepare graduates to find their way.
The UK’s strict sanctions for welfare claimants can leave many women trapped in “off the books” work.
Going it alone can leave entrepreneurs facing specific challenges that can affect their wellbeing.
If the best people management practices of the formal economy were to be deployed in the informal economy, new avenues of stimulating economic and life empowerment may be opened.
Australian musicians make it work by balancing music and non-music jobs, self-employment, contracts, and a love for the art.
Billions have been lost in tax to fake self-employment and many registered as self-employed will struggle to get state aid.
A positive outlook is great – but it can lead to some ill judged start up ideas.
Most workers are still employees, not casuals or gig workers. So what has changed to increase the insecurity of workers?
Entrepreneurs must grapple with uncertainty and work the longest hours. Yet they are happier and often healthier than people in other jobs.
It isn’t easy, but musicians build ‘portfolio careers’ by being adaptable, multiskilled and willing to learn, so they can pursue creative work that they believe in.
Whether they do it full-time or as a side hustle, Americans who have some say over their schedules and tasks seem to covet the flexibility.
An independent review of modern working practices looks destined to change very little for people stuck working in the gig economy.
The UK government’s U-turn on a national insurance increase for self-employed people exposes the flaws in its approach to building a stronger and more inclusive economy.
Changes to the national insurance tax for self-employed people was one of the most controversial parts of the 2017 spring budget.
Psychologists rank job insecurity as one of the most stressful things about work – new research uncovers why.
Despite an entrepreneurial heritage, black self-employment rates are about half that of whites. Could a rising economy lift their boats too?
Top contributors
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, School of Management, University of Bath
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Professor of Healthcare Management and Leadership Development, Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London
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Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Management, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Senior Lecturer (Statistician), University of Sheffield
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Music, University of New England
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Professor, Brigham Young University-Idaho
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Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University
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Visiting Academic, The Open University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Villanova University
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Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, King's College London