wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/3a7488b2dbab4467fd3e82eeff2c91dc-auguste-daniel-and/info.yaml

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abstract: 'Many people in the United States have achieved economic stability
through self-employment and are often seen as embracing the
entrepreneurial spirit and seizing opportunity. Yet, research also
suggests that self-employment may be precarious for many people in the
lower socioeconomic strata. Drawing on a unique dataset that combines
longitudinal survey data with administrative tax data for a sample of
low- and moderate-income (LMI) workers, we bring new evidence to bear on
this debate by examining the link between self-employment and economic
insecurity. Overall, our results show that self-employment is associated
with greater economic insecurity among LMI workers compared with
wage-and-salary employment. For instance, compared with their
wage-and-salary counterparts, the self-employed have 78, 168, and 287
percent greater odds of having an income below basic expenses, and
experiencing an unexpected income decline and high levels of income
volatility, respectively. We also find that differences in financial
endowment and access to health insurance are key drivers in explaining
the relationship between employment type and economic insecurity, as
being able to access \$2,000 in an emergency greatly lowers the odds of
budgetary constraint, whereas lack of health insurance increases those
odds. These findings suggest that formal work arrangements with wages
and benefits offered by an employer promotes greater economic stability
among LMI workers compared with informal work arrangements via
self-employment. We discuss implications of these results for future
research and policy initiatives seeking to promote economic wellbeing
through entrepreneurship.'
affiliation: 'Auguste, D (Corresponding Author), Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Sociol,
777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA.
Auguste, Daniel, Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Sociol, 777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton,
FL 33431 USA.
Roll, Stephen; Despard, Mathieu, Washington Univ, George Warren Brown Sch Social
Work, Ctr Social Dev, St Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Despard, Mathieu, Univ N Carolina, Dept Social Work, Greensboro, NC 27402 USA.'
author: Auguste, Daniel and Roll, Stephen and Despard, Mathieu
author-email: augusted@fau.edu
author_list:
- family: Auguste
given: Daniel
- family: Roll
given: Stephen
- family: Despard
given: Mathieu
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/sf/soab171
earlyaccessdate: FEB 2022
eissn: 1534-7605
files: []
issn: 0037-7732
journal: SOCIAL FORCES
keywords-plus: 'ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS; UNITED-STATES; INEQUALITY;
ENTREPRENEURSHIP; DETERMINANTS; FAMILY'
language: English
month: 2022 FEB 7
number-of-cited-references: '65'
orcid-numbers: Auguste, Daniel/0000-0002-7128-1079
papis_id: 1cab0176477b0bbb6cc2bb489a619574
ref: Auguste2022precarityselfemploym
times-cited: '0'
title: The Precarity of Self-Employment among Low- and Moderate-Income Households
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000792127500001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2022'