The New Working (Poor) Class. Self-Employment and In-Work Poverty in the EU: a Supranational Regulatory Strategy

The paper aims to discuss the intersections between self-employment and in-work poverty in the EU.  In the first part of the article, after an analysis of the polysemic concept of self-employment, the Author examines the self-employment/poor work dyad in the European Union. The second part of the pa...

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Published in:Italian labour law e-journal 2021-12, Vol.14 (2), p.41-58
Main Author: Veronica Papa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
eu anti-poverty policies
in-work poverty
minimum income
minimum wage
self-employment
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Summary:The paper aims to discuss the intersections between self-employment and in-work poverty in the EU.  In the first part of the article, after an analysis of the polysemic concept of self-employment, the Author examines the self-employment/poor work dyad in the European Union. The second part of the paper deals with the possible answers to in work-poverty in terms of policies and regulatory options at EU level, considered in the framework of the overall aim of fighting poverty and social exclusion in the European Union.
ISSN:1561-8048
DOI:10.6092/issn.1561-8048/14005