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.

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...

Research publication
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14 lokakuu 2019

Foodora bike couriers go on strike in Norway

In Norway, 102 Foodora couriers organised with the Norwegian Transport Union (NTF) will go on strike on Tuesday 21 August 2019 after negotiations over a collective agreement with Foodora failed.

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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14 lokakuu 2019

Tackling social disruption in the online platform economy

 

The platform economy is growing, but too often platforms' main competitive advantage seems to be regulatory arbitrage. Profits are generated over the back of individual worker’s well-being and the welfare state’s...

Research publication
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07 lokakuu 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...

Research publication
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On-location client-determined moderately skilled work
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07 lokakuu 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....

Research publication
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Online moderately skilled click work
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07 lokakuu 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...

Research publication
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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 lokakuu 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 syyskuu 2019

Crowd employment within companies increases pressure

Companies are experimenting with internal crowdwork. Regular employees are transformed into a crowd that can be used with high flexibility. 

Article
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30 syyskuu 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.

Article
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On-location platform-determined routine work
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30 syyskuu 2019

Networked but Commodified: The (Dis)Embeddedness of Digital Labour in the Gig Economy

This article investigates the (dis)embeddedness of digital labour within the remote gig economy. We use interview and survey data to highlight how platform workers in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are normatively disembedded...

Research publication
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Online moderately skilled click work, Online platform-determined higher-skilled work, Online platform-determined specialist work
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30 syyskuu 2019

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