Self-employed professionals in the European labour market. A comparison between Italy, Germany and the UK
Self-employed professionals in the European labour market. A comparison between Italy, Germany and the UK
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DOI：
10.1177/1024258918761564
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发表时间：
2018-11-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Semenza, Renata
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作者：
Borghi, Paolo;Mori, Anna;Semenza, Renata
在前所未有的技术发展和数字革命的支持下，向按需服务经济的转型改变了传统的个体经营职业并产生了新的职业，促进了欧洲经济体中高素质和超专业个体经营专业人士的增长。对这一现象的分析突出了与他们在劳动力市场中的地位相关的三个关键问题：1）对其法律地位的定义和所采用的（临时）监管存在争议； 2) 他们在每个国家社会保障体系中的地位； 3）劳动力市场严重碎片化背景下集体代表性的复杂性。本文从社会经济角度探讨了这些问题，比较了意大利、德国和英国这三个欧洲国家的不同福利国家制度和不同的职业监管模式。初步调查结果显示，对这些常见挑战的反应在一定程度上存在分歧，但也显示出个体经营专业人士发生了一些积极的变化迹象。
The transition to an on-demand service economy, supported by unprecedented technological developments and the digital revolution, has modified traditional self-employed professions and generated new ones, fostering the growth of a body of highly qualified and hyper-specialised self-employed professionals in the European economies. An analysis of this phenomenon highlights three critical questions, connected to their position in the labour market: 1) the contested definition of their legal status and the (ad hoc) regulation adopted; 2) their position within each national social protection system; 3) the complexity of collective representation in a context of major labour market fragmentation. The article explores these issues from a socio-economic perspective, comparing three European countries - Italy, Germany and the UK - with different welfare state regimes and diverse models for regulating professions. First findings show partly divergent responses to such common challenges, yet display some positive signs of change for self-employed professionals.