elf-employed workers are twice as likely to work long hours than paid workers are (ProQuest, 4).
             The strong performance of self-employment relative to paid employment over recent years in Canada has sparked a wide interest in many people starting up their own businesses or going to work for small business owners. Over the 1990-1996 period, self-employment grew by three point three per cent per year on average, while paid employment grew only by zero point two per cent per year(Internet 1). Over this period of time there was a net increase of 511,000 in the total number of people employed and approximately 387,000 (75%) of these people reported themselves as being self-employed (Internet 1)
             There are two types of self-employment, employers who are self-employed (ESE) and own-account self-employment (OASE). During the 1976-1996 period, growth in employers who are self-employed (ESE) had been more rapid than in own-account self-employment (OASE). But in the early 1990's growth in own account self-employment (OASE) grew rapidly while gro
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