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A Disabling Welfare State? How Policy Binaries Affect Disabled Entrepreneurs

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship

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  • Eva Kašperová

    (Aston University)

  • John Kitching

    (Kingston University)

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Welfare support is crucial in creating a level-playing field for disabled self-employed people facing additional barriers to starting and running a business compared with non-disabled competitors. Prior studies of how welfare state affects entrepreneurial behaviour of disabled people are inconclusive. This chapter examines how the ‘capable-incapable’ and ‘independent-dependent’ binaries underpinning the UK welfare system influence disabled people’s entrepreneurial motivation and behaviour. We utilise qualitative data from a study of disabled entrepreneurs, analysing their experiences of benefit cuts and increased conditionality of support in the context of welfare reforms since 2010. The UK welfare system continues to disincentivise self-employment and often fails to adequately support disabled entrepreneurs. Aspiring entrepreneurs with fluctuating impairments and health conditions face specific challenges and pressure to choose between work or welfare.

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  • Eva Kašperová & John Kitching, 2021. "A Disabling Welfare State? How Policy Binaries Affect Disabled Entrepreneurs," Springer Books, in: Thomas M. Cooney (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship, edition 1, pages 237-261, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-66603-3_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66603-3_12
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