Background and context: What is the sharing economy and how can it be governed? -- Platform work: implications for employment relations and the broader labour market -- Bibliography -- Preface -- Concluding remarks – how to bridge the knowledge gap? -- Introduction -- Summary.

The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...