From Hybrid Entrepreneurs to Entrepreneurial Billionaires: Observations on the Socioeconomic Heterogeneity of Self-employment

• Published in: The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 129 - 146
• Main Author: Bögenhold, Dieter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Coherence; Companies; Comparative studies; Cross cultural studies; Discourses; Economic growth; Employment; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Gender differences; Heterogeneity; International comparisons; Labor; Occupations; Poverty; Self employment; Social mobility; Social privilege; Wealth; Women; labor markets; solo self-employment; digital economy; entrepreneurship; social mobility; self-employment

Conventional discourses about self-employment are unsatisfactory since there is no clear acknowledgment of its heterogeneity. Interpretations tend to refer to an average type that does not exist in practice, and there are problems of coherence, demarcations, and overlap. Examining macro-level patter...