employed is analysed through a plethora of aspects (age, gender, nationality, income, social protection, etc.). An additional important strength is the empirical research being conducted in EU Member States (i.e. Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom) with differently conceived notions of a welfare state, and where the influence of particular institutional elements can be observed. The empirical research findings are based on precise methodology, with a rather large sample size of data collected through questionnaires and surveys, which is in a large part analysed by the use of statistical regression model analysis and the results eloquently presented, more specifically with tables, graphs and commentary. The book is also written in an approachable manner. However, the theoretical and trending notions are repeated on several occasions by multiple authors, although this is to be somewhat expected. Unfortunately, as the authors concluded, the extent of vulnerability of self-employed still remains ‘sketchy, blurred and incomplete’, along with the understanding of factors responsible for it. Receiving an answer to this question will require more in-depth research than the statistics collected by various agencies allow since the measurement of precarious work ‘is more complicated in the case of the self-employed than among wage workers.’ Overall, the reviewed book represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on the topic of precarious self-employment. It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially to those wishing to gain insight and advance their knowledge in this field, while also being particularly relevant for researchers and policy makers.

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平衡青年就业能力的子系统——波罗的海地区的尝试和成功

通过多方面（年龄、性别、国籍、收入、社会保护等）对就业进行分析。另一个重要优势是在欧盟成员国（即奥地利、德国、意大利、荷兰、瑞典、英国）进行的实证研究具有不同的福利国家概念，并且可以观察到特定制度因素的影响. 实证研究结果基于精确的方法，通过问卷和调查收集的数据样本量较大，大部分通过使用统计回归模型分析进行分析，结果雄辩地呈现，更具体地说是用表格，图表和评论。这本书也写得平易近人。然而，多位作者多次重复理论和趋势概念，尽管这在某种程度上是预料之中的。不幸的是，正如作者得出的结论，个体经营者的脆弱程度仍然是“粗略、模糊和不完整的”，以及对其负责的因素的理解。要得到这个问题的答案，需要进行比各机构收集的统计数据更深入的研究，因为衡量不稳定工作“在个体经营者的情况下比在工资工人中更复杂”。总体而言，经过审查的书极大地丰富了关于不稳定的自雇主题的讨论。因此，建议广大读者，尤其是那些希望在该领域获得洞察力和提高知识的读者，