... participation. All of these, except forprofessional services, contributed positively both to the sectoral shift inself-employment and the class shift. At the other end of the spectrum, 11 of the 12 sectors ... the decomposition of these effectson self-employment, the picture becomes somewhat more complex. Inboth the 1970s and the 1980s, the detailed sectors of the economy withinwhich there was the ... to their occupational activities. And, while there aremany studies of small business and of speci®c categories of self-employ-ment, especially farmers and various kinds of professionals, there...