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Covid-19 and the self-employed - ten months into the crisis

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  • Jack Blundell
  • Stephen Machin
  • Maria Ventura

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Almost a year into the Covid-19 crisis, it has become widely acknowledged that UK self-employment has been particularly hard hit. Here we continue our series investigating the experience of self-employed workers throughout the crisis. Surveying workers in early February 2021, we find that incomes among the self-employed in the third lockdown are still significantly below pre-crisis levels, and are broadly similar to those of the first lockdown. While government support has been a lifeline for some, we illustrate that important gaps in support remain.

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  • Jack Blundell & Stephen Machin & Maria Ventura, 2021. "Covid-19 and the self-employed - ten months into the crisis," CEP Covid-19 Analyses cepcovid-19-019, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcvd:cepcovid-19-019
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    Self-employment; Covid-19; Shocks; Labour Markets; SEISS; Self-isolation; Social Insurance;
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