The longitudinal nature of the US Health and Retirement Study allows us to gauge the plausibility of two competing explanations for this difference: a contextual effect of self-employment on health (benefit effect), or a health-related selection of individuals into self-employment (barrier effect)....
This dissertation consists of three essays on self-employment that focus on the three topics discussed below. The first essay analyzes the transition of workers into part-time or self-employed bridge jobs. First, it models the determinants of the transition, focusing on whether the worker voluntari...
A Danish national register on sickness benefit (DREAM) has been widely used in sick leave research. On the basis of sick leave records from 3,554 and 2,311 eldercare workers in 14 different workplaces, the aim of this study was to: 1) validate registered sickness benefit data from DREAM...
These comments reveal the very real risks faced when considering self-employment in low-paid, feminized sectors, such that they outweigh the risks of informality. Given such concerns, participants continued to work informally, with two having done so for over 10 years. The comments also highlig...
9. Self-employment tax deduction If you work for someone else, your employer will withhold your share of Social Security and Medicare taxes (FICA taxes) from each paycheck and send them to the IRS on your behalf. But if you’re self-employed, you generally have to pay both the empl...
Validation of sick leave measures: self-reported sick leave and sickness benefit data from a Danish national register com- pared to multiple workplace-registered sick leave spells in a Danish municipality. BMC Public Health 2012;12:661.Stapelfeldt CM, Jensen C, Andersen NT, et al. Validation ...
Research report 113 Conceptualising Self-employment Income in the UK Conceptualising Self-employment Income in the UK Gordon Allinson, St Chad's College, Durham Paul Braidford, St Chad's College, Durham Ian Stone, St Chad's College and Durham Business School Certified Accountants Educational Trust...
Self-employed Canadians may be able to receive maternity leave benefits under Canada'sspecial benefitsemployment insurance (EI) program. More specifically, if you are planning on starting a family or recently found out you are expecting a child, you can elect to make employment insurance contributio...
Women who missed two sessions, got sickness while participating in the research, attended another training or treatment workshop, or refused to continue cooperating were excluded. We experienced a haigh rate of exclusion due to mentioned reasons and also out of privacy considerations (strong cultural...
Self-employed Canadians currently make up 13% of total employment.1 While there are certainly many perks to being self-employed, there are also some important financial considerations to be aware of. Consider this for a moment: When you work a typical nine-to-five, a significant share of ...