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Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics

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  • Matthew Waite

    (Productivity Commission)

  • Lou Will

    (Productivity Commission)

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of self-employed contracting in Australia. The analysis covers all self-employed contractors, including dependent and independent contractors. The paper finds that self- employed contractors have become more common in Australia over the past 20 years. In August 1998, 10 per cent of employed persons, or 844 000 individuals, worked as self-employed contractors.

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  • Matthew Waite & Lou Will, 2001. "Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics," Labor and Demography 0110004, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpla:0110004
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    1. Productivity Commission, 2006. "The Role of Non-Traditional Work in the Australian Labour Market," Research Papers 0601, Productivity Commission, Government of Australia.
    2. Concepción Román & Emilio Congregado & José Millán, 2011. "Dependent self-employment as a way to evade employment protection legislation," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 363-392, October.

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    Keywords

    contractors - contracting - self-employed - labour force - forms of employment - dependent contractors - independent contractors;

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    • J - Labor and Demographic Economics

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