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Road to recovery: Self-employed on the mend?

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  • Robert Blackburn
  • Stephen Machin
  • Maria Ventura

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The eighth LSE-CEP survey of the self-employed shows weekly hours of the self-employed are now seeing some signs of recovery, compared with the last data collection in June 2023. The positive increase in work hours is translating into improvements in wellbeing, especially among the younger age groups.

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  • Robert Blackburn & Stephen Machin & Maria Ventura, 2026. "Road to recovery: Self-employed on the mend?," CEP Reports 53, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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