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.

Airbnb introduces online experiences for stay-at-home traveling

With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping everyone at home, many companies and institutions such as MoMA, NASA, and Leica have now released online databases or virtual courses to make social distancing period as entertaining and productive as...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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30 lokakuu 2020

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is facing an unprecedented threat from the coronavirus

Airbnb is facing a big challenge due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a deep decline in the travel industry. The crisis has also posed great challenge to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who's largely a self-taught manager and has...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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30 lokakuu 2020

Airbnb provides billions in cash in the COVID-19 crisis (Airbnb besorgt Milliarden-Finanzspritze in Corona-Krise)

Airbnb has received one billion US dollar from Silver Lake and Six Street Partners during the Covid-19 pandemic to compensate its users, especially for the cancelled booking. With the help of the new funds, the company wants to...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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30 lokakuu 2020

Amazon Fresh to put new customers on waitlist due to overwhelming demand

According to a new announcement from Amazon, its grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh will now put new customers on a waitlist amid a massive surge in demand due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders. The company also announced...

Article
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On-location client-determined routine work
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29 lokakuu 2020

Measuring the Gig Economy in Canada using Administrative Data

This study identifies gig workers based on characteristics of their work arrangements and how these are reported in tax data. It introduces a definition of gig work specific to the way work arrangements are reported in the Canadian tax...

Research publication
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02 heinäkuu 2020

Towards the "uber-isation" of care?

Until now, the political discussion on platform work and its implications for workers has largely focused on daily one-off services such as transportation, household services or online click-work. However, platform work is also gaining...

Policy document
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22 kesäkuu 2020

Platform economy and industrial relations: digitisation between the imagined future and the empirical present (Plattformoekonomie und Arbeitsbeziehungen: Digitalisierung zwischen imaginierter Zukunft und empirischer Gegenwart)

As a result of digitisation, industrial relationships are undergoing fundamental change. This is particularly the case in the field of platform-mediated services and especially digitally coordinated and controlled courier work. As a new...

Research publication
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14 toukokuu 2020

Measuring the Gig Economy in Canada Using Administrative Data

This study identifies gig workers based on characteristics of their work arrangements and how these are reported in tax data. It introduces a definition of gig work specific to the way work arrangements are reported in the Canadian tax...

Research publication, Secondary data
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11 toukokuu 2020

Red card for platform abuses in the Covid-19 crisis

The global pandemic shows the need for non-standard workers to have the same legal protection similar to workers with regular legal contracts. The EU and the Member States must now guarantee atypical workers access to preventive health...

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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06 toukokuu 2020

Platform work in the context of the Covid-19 crisis

Early indications show that in many countries the demand for deliveries – most notably food – has increased. In Italy and France, food delivery is considered an essential economic activity. Often workers do not have access to the...

Other
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06 toukokuu 2020

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