Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Self-employed women have lower rates of obesity, inactivity ...

Not all self-employment guarantees financial security, with informal arrangements posing the greatest risks to well-being for many workers. Using machine learning to classify self-employment, a new ...

We examine how workers perceive the trade-offs of freelancing using a novel survey design that explores the nature of workers' perceptions of their own jobs and the implications of work arrangements ...

With traditional jobs increasingly insecure, 79.2 million Americans are doing independent work—and many are thriving, according to new research. The number of independents—such as freelancers and ...

Six in 10 self-employed physicians surveyed by Medscape felt that their job was more advantageous than for doctors employed by a big healthcare organization or hospital. And 55% of the self-employed ...

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Self-employed individuals have their own unique opportunities at tax time. Here are some of the most generous tax deductions available to the self-employed.

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