Platform economy database

Eurofound’s platform economy database provides information on publications, articles, court cases, initiatives and other outputs related to platform work, or those forms of work that are organised and mediated through online platforms (websites and apps). This resource provides metadata for each entry, such as the name of the author, year of publication, whether it concerns an open access or subscription-based material, a brief description of the content and where available a web link to a source from which eligible users may access content.

Digitalisation and European welfare states

Rapid technological progress and innovation can destroy jobs and disrupt welfare systems. This is not a new concern. Historically, automation of production processes has led to extraordinary efficiency gains and to the displacement of...

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12 August 2019

The Evolution of the Online Platform Economy: Evidence from Five Years of Banking Data

Measuring the gig economy has been challenging. Drawing on anonymized administrative banking data, we measure supply-side participation in the online platform economy between 2013 and 2018. We find 2.3 million account holders who...

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27 May 2019

Around 0.3 per cent of Finns earned at least a quarter of their income through digital platforms in 2017

In 2017, around 0.3 per cent of Finns aged 15 to 74 years had earned at least one-quarter of their income through various digital platforms during the previous 12 months. In numbers, this involves around 14,000 persons. A digital...

Article
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29 April 2019

Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms: Evidence from a Leading Labour Supply Economy

Online labour platforms matching labour supply and demand are profoundly modifying the world of work. Businesses use them to outsource tasks to a world-wide pool of workers; while workers can access work opportunities transcending...

Research publication
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16 April 2019

Little jobs. This way the 'sharing economy' makes us all poorer (Lavoretti. Così la «sharing economy» ci rende tutti più poveri)

L' as in 'little jobs'. Underpaid jobs at Uber, Airbnb and other platforms that disguise their miseries behind the tale of modernity. The risk is to deliver us a future without welfare. The question from which this book starts is: why...

Other
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11 March 2019

Digitalisation and workers' participation: what trade unions and workers think

The rapid growth of the platform economy in Europe has triggered much discussion about the future of employment rights. This report focuses on a particularly important subset of issues raised by the spread of platform work across...

Research publication
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25 February 2019

The internet is enabling a new kind of poorly paid hell

23 June 2018 - For some Americans, sub-minimum-wage online tasks are the only work available. Technology has helped rid the American economy of many of the routine, physical, low-paid jobs that characterized the workplace of the last...

Article
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Online moderately skilled click work
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19 February 2019

Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world

Work on digital platforms provides both opportunities and risks for workers. Risks may include their status of employment, level of income, social protectionand other benefits. To understand why workers undertake this form of work and...

Research publication
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Online moderately skilled click work
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19 February 2019

Does the sharing economy increase inequality within the eighty percent?: Findings from a qualitative study of platform providers

The sharing economy has generated controversy for its effects on labor conditions, wages and the distributions of income and wealth. In this paper we present evidence for a previously unrecognized effect: increased income inequality...

Research publication, Case study-worker
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On-location client-determined moderately skilled work, On-location platform-determined routine work
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19 February 2019

IWGB union minicab drivers protest the Mayor and Transport for London at City Hall to demand end to exploitation

25 July 2018 - Minicab drivers protest the Mayor and Transport for London at City Hall today July 25th from 10:30am Drivers demand worker rights and protection of the Mayor from exploitation by Uber, Addison Lee and others. Precarious...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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19 February 2019

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