Riding the Roller Coaster: Family Life and Self-Employment

by Jane Wheelock, Susan Baines, Ulrike Gelder

This report takes a critical look at the costs and benefits for individuals and families of turning to self-employment as a route out of economic disadvantage.Drawing on in-depth interviews with self-employed people, their partners and children, the report argues that self-employment is much more likely to be a household rather than an individual undertaking. It makes the case for the need to consider work-life balance in relation to the self-employed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861345038
• ISBN13: 9781861345035
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 68 Pages