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Supporting the UK's self-employed

Robert Blackburn and Maria Ventura


Two years after the Covid-19 crisis began, incomes of the UK?s self-employed remain well below their pre-pandemic levels. Robert Blackburn and Maria Ventura explain why the solo self-employed, who represent about 85% of self-employment, may be hit particularly hard by high inflation.


20 October 2022     Paper Number CEPCP642

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Labour market inequalities: Causes and cures