Self-employed working hours return to pre-COVID levels after five year slump

The working hours and happiness of the self-employed are starting to recover—five years on from the downturn induced by the pandemic, research from the University of Liverpool Management School and LSE reveals. But the authors of the report "Road to recovery: Self-employed on the mend?" published today by the LSE's Center for Economic Performance, add that there is still a significant proportion of people who would rather be in employed work, and that there are mixed experiences across different types of self-employed workers.