It found that the number of businesses with employees - one indicator of entrepreneurial activity, like self-employment - took a nosedive.

文章发现，有雇员的企业数目-创业情况的一个指标，如自我就业-暴跌。

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I could try to move towards self-employment, but the benefits system appears not to be geared up towards self-employment or intermittent work.

我想尝试走向自谋职业，但福利制度并不会全力支持自谋职业或间歇性的工作。

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With the freedom and flexibility of self-employment, however, come the trade-off s of stability and job security.

自由职业充满弹性和自由，然而也伴随着不稳定和工作安全问题。

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Other trends, including the huge expansion in self employment in the U.S., promise to accelerate telecommuting in years ahead.

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No surprise then that self employment now accounts for the highest percentage of the workforce in the bluest of states.

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Literacy opens up access to the knowledge and understandings vital to work (employment or self employment), health and family life as well as for active citizenship.

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