Episode Details

Guests:

Chair: Emma Congreve, FAI

Guest: Isla Kapasi, University of Leeds

Timestamps:

(02:25) Motivations for self employment 

(06:37) Are there particular groups that are affected

(11:53) Implications for policy

(24:12) Post Covid considerations for low income self employed

Links to further information on the project:

• https://pureapps2.hw.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/9934375/In_work_Poverty_Enterprise_Report.pdf
• Smith, A., Galloway, L., Jackman, L., Danson, M. & Whittam, G. (2019) Poverty, social exclusion and enterprise policy A study of UK policies’ effectiveness over 40 years. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation 20(2), 107-118.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1465750318809803
• Danson, M., Galloway, L. & Sherif, M. (2020) From unemployment to self-employment: can enterprise policy intensify the risks of poverty? Critical Perspectives on Accounting.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1045235420300174?via%3Dihub
• https://business.leeds.ac.uk/cees/dir-record/research-projects/1537/why-the-poor-outcomes-an-examination-of-motivations-in-a-context-of-poverty-entrepreneurship