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In brief... Covid-19 and self-employment

Stephen Machin and Maria Ventura


The pandemic has had particularly damaging economic effects on self-employed people in the UK. CEP has now run three surveys to capture the experience of these workers during the crisis. Stephen Machin and Maria Ventura report on the latest findings, which indicate considerable room for policy improvements.


15 June 2021     Paper Number CEPCP608

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