Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297461 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Contemporary Economics [ISSN:] 2300-8814 [Volume:] 14 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 3-21
Publisher: 
University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Finance, Warsaw
Abstract: 
The main objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that the economic crisis has resulted in significant changes in the socioeconomic and labor profile of the new self-employed in Spain between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, it is intended to determine if there are homogeneous profiles of new self-employed workers that allow to set clusters, and, if so, to check how these clusters have changed in the studied period. To verify the above-mentioned hypotheses, it has been carried out a descriptive analysis followed by a Cluster Analysis, using the Continuous Sample of Working Lives data. The research concludes that the economic recession has been accompanied by a fall in the number of new self-employed between 2008 and 2013, along with a significant change in their socio-demographic and occupational profile. There is also evidence of the existence of several clusters of self-employed, with heterogeneous sociodemographic and labor characteristics. The composition and features of these clusters evolved in parallel to the economic situation, showing an intense increase in the educational level and a reduction in the job stability between 2008 and 2013.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
self-employment
economic crisis
Business cycle
self-employed workers profiles
JEL: 
E32
J21
M13
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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