Tai writes that vending offers low-education, middle-aged to elderly, married women at a disadvantage in the job market the opportunity to run their own business and an important means of increasing their incomes. But most vendors are actually laborers seeking to change their employment situation.
1990 年代後持續增加的攤販自雇人口，其實是一種勞動者脫離勞動體制而自行創業的形式。」戴伯芬指出，一方面，攤販是低教育、中高齡和已婚婦女等職場弱勢者，自主經營和增加收入的一種就業管道，但更多的，則是「希望改變受雇地位」的勞動者。