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Title:Self Employment : Ladder of Opportunity or Employment Ghetto
Author:Peter Unwin
ISBN:0255366108 : 9780255366106
Format:Paperback
Size:130x200mm
Pages:144
Published:Institute of Economic Affairs - June 2009
List Price: 12.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:Not yet published
Subjects:Small businesses & self-employed: ECONOMICS


This monograph considers issues that are central to our understanding of self-employment in the UK. The author begins with a review on the evidence of the role of self employment and entrepreneurship in employment creation. The discussion ten moves on to consider self-employment as a route for advancement of many groups in society that face disadvantage in the labour market. The author concludes by considering the role of government in this relationship.