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Independent Contract, Informal, and Online Intermediary Work: Preliminary Evidence on Developing Better Measures in Household Surveys
The apparent rise of contract, informal, and online “gig” work has drawn considerable attention in recent years. Although fears about the disappearance of the traditional employer-employee relationship appear overblown, there are valid concerns about the growth of alternative work arrangements, including nonemployee work. Existing household surveys...
The Everyday Political Economy of Uber
PDF42 pages Business model
This paper is an examination of the ridesharing company Uber in the context of socio-technical systems and performative agency. Part One argues that the key constituent piece of Uber’s value chain is the Uber ride itself. It conceptualizes the ride as an agencement constituted by a rider, the Uber smartphone application, a car, and a driver. These ...
Sharewash in the Sharing Economy: A first look on the phenomenon and effects of Sharewash
Sharewash in the Sharing Economy: A first look on the phenomenon and effects of Sharewash Sharewash in the Sharing Economy: A first look on the phenomenon and effects of Sharewash Duy Patrick Tu 1716829 Bachelor Thesis At the Department of Economics and Management Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM) Information & Market Engin...
2019 Early-Stage Entrepreneurship in the United States: National and State Report
2019_Early-Stage-Entrepreneurship-National-and-State-Report.pdf J U N E 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 EARLY-STAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP I N THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND STATE REPORT Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3607936 KAUFFMAN INDICATORS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AUTHORS Robert FairlieI and Sameeksha DesaiII SPECIAL THANKS Kim Wallace Carlson...
REPORT SHARING CITIES SUMMIT 2018.pdf
66 Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike Noncommercial Authors: Mayo Fuster Morell, Melissa Renau Cano and Vera Vidal (Dimmons IN3-UOC). We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the cities that have participated in the research through both the survey and personal interviews. This report is part of the Sharing Cities Action task ...
Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market.pdf
Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 12609 Arnab K. Basu Nancy H. Chau Vidhya Soundararajan Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market SEPTEMBER 2019 Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but...
Incentive Contracts and Extra Role Behaviors Evidence from Employee Initiated Innovation.pdf
CGS_Innovation_20190509_Wharton_Conference Incentive Contracts and Extra-Role Behaviors: Evidence from Employee-Initiated Innovation Wei Cai Harvard Business School Susanna Gallani Harvard Business School Jee-Eun Shin University of Toronto May 2019 Preliminary and incomplete Acknowledgments: We gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and sugge...
Wage fairness in a subcontracted labor market
Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 12609 Arnab K. Basu Nancy H. Chau Vidhya Soundararajan Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market SEPTEMBER 2019 Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but...
Employer Rights Against Worker Involuntary Servitude
This paper argues that employers can sometimes validly challenge laws as violating the Thirteenth Amendment’s Involuntary Servitude clause. Judges currently read that clause to bar some kinds of physical or legal coercion against workers who would otherwise quit their current employer. This paper identifies how existing Involuntary Servitude clause...
The Digital Commonwealth
The Digital Commonwealth IPPR Commission on Economic Justice The Digital Commonwealth From private enclosure to collective benefit Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton Discussion Paper Get in touch For information or to contact the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, please email: cej@ippr.org www.ippr.org/cej This report was first publish...
The Value of Flexible Work: Evidence from Uber Drivers
Participation in flexible contract work has increased dramatically over the last decade, often in settings where new technologies lower the transaction costs of providing labor flexibly. One prominent example of this is the ride-sharing company Uber, which allows drivers to provide (or not provide) rides anytime they are willing to accept prevailin...
THE CHALLENGES (AND OPPORTUNITIES) FOR PLATFORM CO-OPERATIVES
PDF46 pages Gig economy
Microsoft Word - Gig economy report 2 - design 2 (2).docx DISRUPTING TOGETHER THE CHALLENGES (AND OPPORTUNITIES) FOR PLATFORM CO-OPERATIVES Written by: Duncan McCann June 2018 This report was produced as part of NEF's work with Nesta ShareLab Fund to explore the potential benefits of cooperatively owned digital platforms. Thanks to Alice Casey for...
MallettCooney Basic income presentation JCF Apr2018 web.pdf
PDF48 pages Basic income
Professor Shelley Mallett General Manager of the Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence Professor of Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne Diarmuid Cooney-O’Donoghue Work and Economic Security, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence Basic Income: A solution to what? ...
INUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE AGE OF COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY Slovakia.pdf
Martin Kahanec Typewritten Text Martin Kahanec Typewritten Text CELSI Research Report No. 28 matejbastak Typewritten Text matejbastak Typewritten Text December 2018 Martin Kahanec Typewritten Text CELSI Research Report No. 28 Martin Kahanec Line Martin Kahanec Typewritten Text CELSI Research Report No. 28 matejbastak Typewritten Text Table of Cont...
Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Age of Collaborative Economy France.pdf
With financial support from the European Union Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Age of Collaborative Economy (IRSDACE) National Report FRANCE Mehtap Akgüç Jobs & Skills Unit - CEPS Acknowledgement: The author is thankful to Chloé Lopez (Sciences Po Le Havre) for the excellent research assistance, to Ana Silva (CEPS) for useful i...
The Entrepreneurial Audit
The Entrepreneurial Audit Twenty policy ideas to strengthen self- employment and micro businesses in the UK by Benedict Dellot and Fabian Wallace- Stephens February 2017 T h e E n tre p re n e u ria l A u d it F e b ru ary 2 0 17 Contents Introduction 4 Recommendations 11 Tax and National Insurance 15 Welfare and pensions 24 Business support and e...
more selfies 2018 a picture of self employment in the UK.pdf
PDF50 pages Self-employment
1MEGATRENDS JANUARY 2018 MEGATRENDS MORE SELFIES? A PICTURE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN THE UK The trends shaping work and working lives The CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation deve...
Meaningful guidance
Meaningful guidance MEANINGFUL GUIDANCE (when job insecurity has been normalised) Dr. Petra Elftorp 7th November 2019 Dublin Over the next 50 minutes we will discuss… Definitions and context Implications What is our role? The changing labour market Career Meaningful Guidance MEANINGFUL GUIDANCE Career Construction & Life-designing • The goal i...
Power to the people
Power to the people IPPR Commission on Economic Justice Power to the People How stronger unions can deliver economic justice Joe Dromey Discussion Paper Get in touch For information or to contact the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, please email: cej@ippr.org www.ippr.org/cej This report was first published in May 2018 © IPPR 2018 Dominic Bart...
Declining Job Quality in the United States: Explanations and Evidence
PDF53 pages Job quality
Declining Job Quality in the United States: Explanations and Evidence David R. Howell is professor of economics and public policy at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the New School. Arne L. Kalleberg is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. © 2019 Russell Sage Founda...
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