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.

Women in the gig economy: paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa

The gig economy is expanding globally, with exponential growth forecast in traditionally female-dominated sectors – notably on-demand household services including cooking, cleaning and care work. But little research to date has focused...

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On-location client-determined moderately skilled work, On-location client-determined routine work, On-location platform-determined routine work, On-location worker-initiated moderately skilled work
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18 November 2019

Paying Gig Workers – Evidence from a Field Experiment

We study the performance effects of payment schemes for freelancers offering services on an online platform in an RCT. Under the initial scheme, the firm pays workers a pure sales commission. The intervention reduces the commission rate...

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14 October 2019

On-location client-determined moderately skilled platform work: Employment and working conditions

The objective of this report is to contribute to the body of research on types of platform work by assessing the working and employment conditions for platform workers in on-location client-determined moderately skilled work. This type...

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On-location client-determined moderately skilled work
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07 October 2019

Literature review - Online moderately skilled click-work: Employment and working conditions

As part of Eurofound’s research activities on ‘work and employment in the digital age’, and more specifically its research strand related to platforms, this paper aims to provide a review of relevant literature on online micro-tasks....

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Online moderately skilled click work
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07 October 2019

Platform work: Maximising the potential while safeguarding standards?

Platform work emerged onto European labour markets about a decade ago. While still small in scale, it is growing and evolving into a variety of forms. Different types of platform work have significantly different effects on the...

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On-location client-determined moderately skilled work, On-location worker-initiated moderately skilled work, Online contestant specialist work, Online moderately skilled click work
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07 October 2019

Working conditions on digital labour platforms: Opportunities, challenges, and the quest for decent work

Cross-border, digital labour platforms permit real-time hiring for a range of jobs, from IT programming to graphic design, copywriting and routine clerical tasks. But little is known about working conditions on these platforms or about...

Online client-determined specialist work, Online moderately skilled click work, Online platform-determined higher-skilled work, Online platform-determined specialist work
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30 September 2019

Riders connect

Food couriers usually work in difficult working conditions. The fact that they are well connected with each other could facilitate joint organisation for better work.

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On-location platform-determined routine work
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30 September 2019

Women (Still) Ask For Less: Gender Differences in Hourly Rate in an Online Labor Marketplace

In many traditional labor markets, women earn less on average compared to men. However, it is unclear whether this discrepancy persists in the online gig economy, which bears important differences from the traditional labor market (e.g...

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Online moderately skilled click work
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19 August 2019

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

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