While trade unions have been studied in detail, there is virtually no economics research on employer associations (EAs), trade unions' counterparts in many countries. However, besides conducting collective bargaining, EAs perform several other activities that can in uence economic outcomes,...

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.