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Self-employment in cities
By
Elena Magrini
| 9 October 2019
Self-employment in cities
By
Elena Magrini
| 9 October 2019
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Executive summary
Introduction
Box Box 1: Defining self-employment and methodology
Box Box 2: Defining cities
How does self-employment vary across the country?
Box There is significant variation in rates of self-employment across the country
Box Figure 1: Self-employment as a share of total employment by city, 2016 (%)
Box Box 3: The demographics of urban self-employment
Box In all cities, self-employment is dominated by a small number of industries
Box Figure 2: Employment and self-employment industry breakdown in cities, 2015/16
Box In stronger cities’ economies, self-employed people are more likely to work in high-skilled occupations
Box Figure 3: The relationship between productivity and the number of self-employed people in high-skilled activities per 10,000 population, 2015/16
Box Self-employment is less likely to be an additional source of income in weaker city economies
Box Figure 4: Share of self-employed individuals that are self-employed only, 2015/16 (%)
Box Figure 5: The type of self-employment and industry breakdown, 2015/16
Is the geography of self-employment changing over time?
Box Self-employment has grown faster in cities than other parts of the country
Box Figure 6: Growth in self-employment, 2007/08–2011/12
Box Figure 7: Growth in self-employment by type of self-employment
Box Figure 8: Growth in self-employment numbers by industry, 2011/12–2015/16
What needs to change?
Appendix
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4: The relationship between high-skilled self-employment and productivity in Slough
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