Official labor market statistics must be adapted to provide researchers and policymakers with relevant data on this population Gazier et al. Cappelli and Keller b point out that new work arrangements are characterized by changes in the management of the work relationships with a growing intervention of labor market intermediaries and in the way the work is supervised from work processes to outcomes.
The concept of autonomy thus becomes a central feature of new work arrangements leading to specific configurations of risks and opportunities for individual workers concerned. Autonomy can be divided in three main dimensions: work status, work content, and working conditions Pichault and McKeown, Our paper is focused on a specific category of workers experiencing the ambiguities of autonomy at work: Independent Professionals Ipros.
The objectives of this paper are, first, to build a set of indicators likely to measure the various dimensions of autonomy, and, second, to provide an empirical typology of new work arrangements by using cluster analysis methods. Through the application of this analytical framework on the EWCS data, we observe various situations in terms of risk and opportunities related to autonomy, shedding light on unexpected precarious situations where Ipros face the risks of autonomy without getting the associated benefits.
Our results provide a nuanced typology of empirical situations, overcoming such a dichotomic vision of non-standard work arrangements. As the need for insightful data on this population is growing, official labor market statistics still must be adapted to allow researchers and policymakers to catch the phenomenon Gazier et al.
The objectives of this paper are, first, to develop and test the validity of indicators of autonomy based on the European Working Conditions Survey and, second, to provide an empirical typology of employment arrangements by using cluster analysis methods.
