Variable: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO)

QoG Code: (wdi_semp)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a 'self-employment jobs'. i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers. Modeled ILO estimate.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Labour Market


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 178
Basic time-series: 180
Standard cross-section: 178
Standard time-series: 180
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 38

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1991-2021
Basic time-series: 1991-2021
OECD time-series: 1991-2021

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