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occupations and education among the self-employed Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 2: Profiling the self-employed during the pandemic Item: Title: Types of self-employment Item: Title: Socioeconomic composition of self-employed groups Item: Title: Roles Item: Title: Working hours Item: Title: Place of work Item: Title: The self-employed and ‘COVID groups’ Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 3; Self-employment and job quality during the pandemic Item: Title: Job quality of the self-employed Item: Title: Physical and social environment Item: Title: Job tasks Item: Title: Working time arrangements Item: Title: Job prospects Item: Title: Intrinsic job features Item: Title: Overall job quality Item: Title: Outcomes and sustainable work Item: Title: Financial sustainability Item: Title: Work engagement Item: Title: Health and well-being Item: Title: Physical health Item: Title: Mental well-being Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 4: Income support measures for the self-employed during the pandemic Item: Title: Immediate financial impact of the pandemic on the self-employed Item: Title: Concerns about future job security and life satisfaction Item: Title: Income protection for the self-employed Item: Title: Coverage and eligibility criteria Item: Title: Take-up and expenditure Item: Title: Other support measures for the self-employed Item: Title: Unemployment benefits Item: Title: Sickness benefits Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 5: Social protection for self-employment: Lessons from the pandemic for policy Item: Title: Increased coverage of the self-employed by national social protection systems: Recent developments Item: Title: Clarification of self-employment status and the social security responsibilities of the self-employed Item: Title: Extension of coverage of unemployment benefits Item: Title: Extension of coverage of sickness cash benefits Item: Title: National policy debates in the aftermath of the pandemic Item: Title: Countries with recent and planned initiatives Item: Title: Countries in which the issue is high on the agenda Item: Title: Countries in which some importance is accorded to the issue in policy debate Item: Title: Countries in which the issue is a priority for some stakeholders Item: Title: Countries in which the issue is low on the agenda Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 6: Social protection for platform workers Item: Title: Platform work and the issue of miscategorisation Item: Title: Scale of the platform economy in the EU Item: Title: Initiatives to improve social protection for platform workers Item: Title: Parametric legislative changes and court decisions Item: Title: Presumption of employment status Item: Title: Collective bargaining agreements Item: Title: Views of government and social partners on regulating platform work Item: Title: Key takeaways Item: Title: Chapter 7: Conclusions Item: Title: References Item: Title: Annexes Item: Title: 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