Do we have to worry about the ‘new’ solo self-employed?:Selfsufficiency and precariousness among workers with different types of contract : Host Country Discussion Paper – The Netherlands

Over the past decades, the Dutch labour market has become more flexible and is now among the most flexible labour markets in Western Europe. The increase in flexible employment is especially marked among solo self-employed and on-call workers. Transitions into permanent contracts have been decreasing and hybrid employment forms seem on the rise. The growth in flexible employment has been attributed to a mixture of underlying mechanisms; the current debate focuses largely on the impacts of globalisation, technological developments and institutions. In this paper, the main challenges faced by fl... Mehr ...