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Entrepreneurship vs. freelancing : what's the difference?
Huđek, Ivona; Tominc, Polona; Širec, Karin - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 66 (2020) 3, pp. 56-62
The development of Internet technology (IT) at the end of the 20th century and its integration into the business sector has led to the emergence of digital labour platforms that provoke a reorganization of work arrangements by matching the demand and supply of goods and services, known as the...
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Gig economy platforms : boon or bane?
Schwellnus, Cyrille; Geva, Assaf; Pak, Mathilde; Veiel, … - 2019
The rapid emergence of gig economy platforms that use digital technologies to intermediate labour on a per-task basis has triggered an intense policy debate about the economic and social implications. This paper takes stock of the emerging evidence. The results suggest that gig economy...
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The Evolution of Platform Gig Work, 2012-2021
Garin, Andrew; Jackson, Emilie; Koustas, Dmitri; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We document the dynamics of tax-based measures of work mediated by online platforms from 2012 through 2021. We present … a measurement framework to account for high reporting thresholds on some information returns using returns from states … allows us to provide the most comprehensive estimates of the COVID-19 pandemic on tax filing behavior. We find that the …
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Platform-mediated work in Poland : worker characteristics and prevalence in society
Ostoj, Izabela - In: International journal of management and economics 60 (2024) 2, pp. 132-146
Objective One of the new trends in modern economies is the development of platform-mediated work (PMW), also known as the gig economy. The current article aims to discuss the results of the original survey to determine the number and structure of gig workers among the adult residents of Poland;...
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The independent contractor workforce : new evidence on its size and composition and ways to improve its measurement in household surveys
Abraham, Katharine G.; Hershbein, Brad; Houseman, Susan N. - 2023
administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233013
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The Independent Contractor Workforce : New Evidence On Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys
Abraham, Katharine G.; Hershbein, Brad; Houseman, Susan N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247917
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The Independent Contractor Workforce : New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys
Abraham, Katharine G.; Hershbein, Brad; Houseman, Susan N. - 2023
administrative tax data often disagreeing on levels and trends. We carried out a series of focus groups to learn how self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260451
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Atypical employment in Europe 1996 - 2011
Allmendinger, Jutta; Hipp, Lena; Stuth, Stefan - 2013
To assess the influence of nonstandard employment for the labor market participation of different demographic groups, we provide detailed descriptions of the development of atypical employment in comparison to standard employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In...
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Measuring the ‘Gig’ Economy : Challenges and Options
Riggs, Lynn - 2019
its measurement in the future …
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The ups and downs of the gig economy, 2015-2017
Bracha, Anat; Burke, Mary A. - 2018
A variety of researchers and public entities have estimated the prevalence of nontraditional work arrangements - using diverse definitions - in recent decades, and the topic has received increasing attention in the past five years. Despite numerous media reports that the prevalence of...
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