BACKGROUND: Self-employment (SE) is a growing precarious and non-standard work
arrangement internationally. Economically advanced countries that favor digital labor …

The self‐employed are often reported to be healthier than wageworkers; however, the cause
of this health difference is largely unknown. The longitudinal nature of the US Health and …

We aimed to systematically identify and evaluate all studies of good quality that compared
the occurrence of mental disorders in the self-employed versus employees. Adhering to the …

Purpose Past research on self-employment and health yielded conflicting findings.
Integrating predictions from the Stressor-Strain Outcome model, research on challenge …

Rural-to-urban migrant workers are at high risk of health inequalities in cities. Since labor is
a central social determinant of health, this paper provided evidence on the health …

Research links high youth exposure to community violence (ECV) with negative health
consequences, and the World Health Organization recommends ECV as a new adverse …

Objectives Analyse mortality differences between self-employed and paid employees with a
focus on industrial sector, educational level and gender using Swedish register data …

Most studies have shown that self-employed people have higher levels of life satisfaction
than employed people due to high levels of job satisfaction, work flexibility, and job control …

A field is emerging at the interface between research into entrepreneurship, psychology,
biology, and mental and physical health. This special issue contributes to this emergence in …

The literature dealing with health and entrepreneurship has focused on developed
countries. We use a sample of almost 5000 business owners and wage-workers from four …