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A Framework to Assess the Sustainability and the Pro-Democratization of Platform Economy
A Framework to Assess the Sustainability and the Pro-Democratization of Platform Economy A Framework to Assess the Sustainability and the Pro- Democratization of Platform Economy The Case of Barcelona Mayo Fuster Morell Harvard University USA Ricard Espelt Open University of Catalonia Spain June 2019 Draft paper prepared in response to the UNTFSSE...
Defining and Measuring Gig Work
1 March 2020 Laura Schultz POLICY BRIEF Defining and Measuring Gig Work 2 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Laura Schultz is the director of fiscal analysis and senior economist at the Rockefeller Institute of Government 3 Traditionally, workers have fallen into one of two categories: employees or self- employed. Employees report to work during hours designated by...
Vol 67 Botero.pdf
68 UCLA L. Rev. DisC. 160 (2020) U.C.L.A. Law Review Jump v. Los Angeles: Removing Platforms Further From Democratic Control? Beatriz Botero Arcila ABSTRACT In March 2020, Jump, Uber’s escooter subsidiary, sued the Los Angeles Department of Transportation over a rule that requires the company to share realtime location data about its escooters wit...
Uber -production: From global networks to digital platforms
Uber and Airbnb have advanced into emblematic cases in debates in which the new digital capitalism is framed in terms of the so-called sharing economy. While this strand of inquiry has produced a wealth of insights into the workings and impacts of peer-to-peer platforms, the digital transformation of business-to-business interactions has so far att...
Ubiquitous, harmful to wages and to competition, and part of a growing trend of employers requiring workers to sign away their rights
Noncompete agreements: Ubiquitous, harmful to wages and to competition, and part of a growing trend of employers requiring workers to sign away their rights | Economic Policy Institute SECTIONS 1. Executive summary • 1 2. Introduction • 2 3. Existing research on the extent of noncompete agreements in use • 3 4. Findings of this study • 4 5. Policy...
State of Independence 2018.pdf
I N A M E R I C A 2018: The New Normal THE STATE OF INDEPENDENCE 2 © 2018 MBO Partners, Inc. | mbopartners.com The New Normal The MBO Partners State of Independence report, the industry’s longest running comprehensive study of the American independent workforce, serves as a State of the Union for a dynamic movement. In 2018, the 8th annual report ...
MetLife EBTS GigReport 2019.pdf
PDF16 pages Gig economy
The Gig Economy: Opportunities, Challenges, and Employer Strategies metlife.com/ebtsgig A report based on MetLife’s 17th Annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study 2019 1 While ridesharing is one prominent example of the gig economy at work, its impacts are actually much more pervasive and felt across industries. It’s not just a trend; it’s a funda...
The pursuit of an employment relationship Managing people in a flexible labor market.pdf
UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (http://dare.uva.nl) UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) The pursuit of an employment relationship Managing people in a flexible labor market Federici, E. Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Federici, E. (2019). The pursuit of an employment relati...
Living on the Edge: Delineating the Political Economy of Precarity in Vancouver, Canada
Canadian cities are in the midst of a housing crisis, with Vancouver as their poster-child. The city’s over- inflated housing prices decoupled from wages in the early aughts, giving rise to a seller’s rental market and destabilizing employment. As neoliberal policies continue to erode the post-war welfare state, an increasing number of Canadians ar...
Mapping Value Creation and Extraction in the Platform Economy WP9
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 8222296. beyond4.0.eu Public Value and Platform Governance Mapping Value Creation and Extraction in the Platform Economy WP9 Date: September 2020 Authors: Mariana Mazzucato Professor in the Economics of Innovation and...
PLATFORM COOPERATIVISM graphic individual letter size pages.pdf
PLATFORM CO-OPs We connect cooperatives with the digital economy 0101 01 01 01 01 01 1 01 01 01 01 01 01 0101 01 01 01 01 01 1 01 01 01 01 01 01 Inequality In 2015, the 62 richest people in the world controlled $1.76 trillion: the cumulative worth of 3.5 billion people. Women and people of color are disproportionally a�ected by this trend. Concent...
listening to labor.pdf
PDF17 pages Creative work
1 1 Listening to Labor Michael Curtin and Kevin Sanson At a time when anyone can be a producer, creator, or YouTube performer, we nev- ertheless spend more hours watching professionally produced feature films and television programs than ever before. We are also awash in media coverage of movie premieres, television finales, celebrity gossip, box ...
Kelly and Uk Repurposing our Economies – and our Businesses.pdf
PDF17 pages Social progress
Repurposing our Economies - and our Businesses - G20 Insights Overarching Visions G20 Japan Repurposing our Economies – and our Businesses Colm Kelly (PwC UK) March 14, 2019 | Last updated: June 3, 2019 For the past seventy years or so, economic and social progress have gone mostly hand-in-hand. However, our global context has changed dramatically...
Sharing Property Sharing Labour: The Co-Production of Value in Platform Economies
The recent meteoric rise of innovative companies in the sharing economy has divided commentators and regulators alike on the question of their socio-economic impact. Do these economic activities herald an equitable and sustainable alternative to existing practices, or are they simply expanding commercial exploitation into greater areas of life? Thi...
Online freelancing Potential for digital gig work in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.pdf
PDF18 pages Gig economy
Microsoft Word - Online freelancing- Potential for digital gig work in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.docx econstor Make Your Publications Visible. A Service of zbw Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Galpaya, Helani; Senanayake, Laleema Conference Paper Online freelancing: Potential for digital gig work i...
Ride-share matching algorithms generate income inequality
Despite the potential of online sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Lyft, or Foodora to democratize the labor market, these services are often accused of fostering unfair working conditions and low wages. These problems have been recognized by researchers and regulators but the size and complexity of these socio-technical systems, combined with...
Mays Innovation Research Center Working Paper Series
The push towards global connectivity and the worldwide expansion of the Internet, combined with the ongoing decline in the cost of technology, will change global labor markets and the nature of employment. Future technology will coordinate the assignment, distribution, and measurement of tasks to a billion-person network across multiple countries a...
Samaschool how low income workers use independent work.pdf
SAMASCHOOL | THE FUTURE OF WORK IS INDEPENDENT 1 THE FUTURE OF WORK IS INDEPENDENT PART 2: HOW LOW-INCOME JOBSEEKERS USE INDEPENDENT WORK SAMASCHOOL | THE FUTURE OF WORK IS INDEPENDENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Precarious Work Schedules Could Jeopardize Access to Safety Net Programs Targeted by Work Requirements
PDF19 pages Safety net
Precarious Work Schedules Could Jeopardize Access to Safety Net Programs Targeted by Work Requirements Michael Karpman, Heather Hahn, and Anuj Gangopadhyaya June 2019 Since 2017, policymakers have sought to establish work requirements or expand existing requirements for people participating in Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra...
The Nature of Work and the Social Safety Net
Pamela Loprest and Demetra Nightingale July 2018 Work is at the core of the American dream—it brings the promise of income, dignity, and security. The US social safety net has largely reinforced this work ethic. Its framework includes a large role for employer-provided benefits connected to public programs, policies, and workplace laws and regulat...
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