Solo Self Employment, Human Capital and Hybrid Labour in the Gig Economy
In a framework of changing contextual factors, this paper deals with one person enterprises as the smallest units of entrepreneurial companies, which already represent more than 50% of Austrian companies. Within these micro enterprises, a special group of self employed can be identified at the blurred boundaries between dependent work and self employment: the hybrid solo self employed, which are primarily operating as a sideline business. These hybrid forms enormously differ from regular entrepreneurs that perform their self employment as their main business. Based on our own empirical survey, the paper aims to examine whether hybrid entrepreneurs are a homogeneous group or if differences exist with respect to their human capital. Our findings reveal several differences concerning for example, (dependent and self employment) income, working hours, or one's main workplace. it can be summarized that education matters when looking at the different aspects of hybrid self employment activity.