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strength of each indicator. Cross-tabulation this division with the indicators
showed that variables measuring working arrangements and conditions that
are similar to those of an employee could be a good starting point for
operationalizing. Further cross tabulations with other indicators would be wise
to come closer to an actual operationalization, but this would probably entail
asking more respondents than was done in the 2017 test, e.g. the full LFS
sample.
Further work could be done on the theoretical framework, as to facilitate
the identification and understanding of the concept of dependent contractors.
Moreover, more tests of yet untested indicators entailed in ICSE-18 could
usefully be carried out, such as whether the employing company is supplying
work facilities, equipment or tools (which the dependent contractor
sometimes must pay for using), and also whether the financial reward-risk
balance is similar to that of an employer-employee relationship or even
skewed in favour of the employing company. Finally, work could be done to
shed light on how indicators could combine to establish an operationalization
of the identification of dependent contractors.

References
1. Cordes, T. & Thorsen, T. (2017): Dependent Contractor Questions in LFS.
Unpublished.
2. International Labour Organization (2018): Resolution concerning
statistics on work relationships. www.ilo.org

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