Economic cycles and self-employment: Synthetic Cohort Analysis for Greater Santiago*
Autor
Montero, Rodrigo
Pérez, Joaquín
Resumen
Economic cycles affect both unemployment and the composition of employment, which can have an impact on the well-being of individuals if these changes in composition are involuntary or involve a decrease in the quality of employ-ment. In this article, we study the relationship between economic cycles and self-employment, distinguishing between employers and own-account workers, through a synthetic cohort methodology using data for Chile. The results suggest that the proportion of employers is procyclical and that of own-account workers is countercyclical. This suggests that own-account employment is a refuge in times of crisis from the shortage of wage-based employment. This highlights the importance of designing public policies that would improve the conditions of self-employed workers. © 2022, Universidad de Chile. All rights reserved.
Colecciones
Ítems relacionados
Mostrando ítems relacionados por Título, autor o materia.
-
Article
Economic impact assessment of food waste reduction on European countries through social accounting matrices (2020)
Campoy-Muñoz P.; Cardenete M.A.; Delgado M.C. (Elsevier B.V., 2017) -
Article
Socio-economic impact of a nuclear power plant: Almaraz (Spain) (2020)
D. Fuentes-Saguar P.; A. Vega-Cervera J.; Cardenete M.A. (Routledge, 2017) -
Article
Gender differences on effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention for reducing cardiometabolic risk: A cluster randomized trial (2020)
Martínez-Vizcaíno V.; Sánchez-López M.; Notario-Pacheco B.; Salcedo-Aguilar F.; Solera-Martínez M.; Franquelo-Morales P.; López-Martínez S.; García-Prieto J.C.; Arias-Palencia N.; Torrijos-Niño C.; ... (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)