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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, 2016
Gig jobs have become a structural aspect of contemporary economic landscape, creating unique social and technological challenges. How can policies and design solutions better protect gig workers and mitigate the risks participants face?
Paolo Parigi, Xiao Ma
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Gig jobs have become a structural aspect of contemporary economic landscape, creating unique social and technological challenges. How can policies and design solutions better protect gig workers and mitigate the risks participants face?
Paolo Parigi, Xiao Ma
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2023
This chapter explores gig workers' opinions in terms of the adoption of online platforms for their work. Based on a qualitative research method, this research study has collected secondary data for the purpose of analyzing them with thematic analysis. A total review of 127 were selected using simple random sampling method.
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This chapter explores gig workers' opinions in terms of the adoption of online platforms for their work. Based on a qualitative research method, this research study has collected secondary data for the purpose of analyzing them with thematic analysis. A total review of 127 were selected using simple random sampling method.
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2019
The 'gig economy' is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors.
Alex De Ruyter, Martyn Brown
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The 'gig economy' is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors.
Alex De Ruyter, Martyn Brown
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2021
Operating outside national systems of labor regulation, the characteristics of digital platform work raise new questions about the safety, health, and wellbeing of workers. Digital platform work is said to provide flexibility and improved work-life balance for workers, as well as access to income for individuals who might not otherwise be able to work ...
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Operating outside national systems of labor regulation, the characteristics of digital platform work raise new questions about the safety, health, and wellbeing of workers. Digital platform work is said to provide flexibility and improved work-life balance for workers, as well as access to income for individuals who might not otherwise be able to work ...
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2023
How badly do platform companies treat their workers? A recent study rated most major firms zero on a 10-point scale.
Habig, Jill, Dubal, Veena, Khan, Mishal
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How badly do platform companies treat their workers? A recent study rated most major firms zero on a 10-point scale.
Habig, Jill, Dubal, Veena, Khan, Mishal
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Eighteen years ago, the New York Times Magazine reported on a proposed online project aimed at protecting the country’s 47,000 strategic facilities, including oil pipelines, power stations, and dams. How do you protect such a vast network of sites vulnerable to sabotage, with limited government resources and personnel?
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Eighteen years ago, the New York Times Magazine reported on a proposed online project aimed at protecting the country’s 47,000 strategic facilities, including oil pipelines, power stations, and dams. How do you protect such a vast network of sites vulnerable to sabotage, with limited government resources and personnel?
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
I study the impact of credit constraints on gig economy penetration, capital allocation, and employment through the lens of Uber and Lyft. The low-income individuals for whom ride share driving is attractive often require financing to obtain cars. Exploiting the staggered entry of ride share across cities and within-city variation in income, I find ...
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I study the impact of credit constraints on gig economy penetration, capital allocation, and employment through the lens of Uber and Lyft. The low-income individuals for whom ride share driving is attractive often require financing to obtain cars. Exploiting the staggered entry of ride share across cities and within-city variation in income, I find ...
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NHRD Network Journal, 2020
As the shift towards the gig economy and more transient employment relationship happens, organizations continue to face the dilemma of building trust among gig economy workers. Gig economy workers cannot be treated like permanent workers within traditional employment contracts, as it would defeat the advantages of flexibilization that the gig economy ...
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As the shift towards the gig economy and more transient employment relationship happens, organizations continue to face the dilemma of building trust among gig economy workers. Gig economy workers cannot be treated like permanent workers within traditional employment contracts, as it would defeat the advantages of flexibilization that the gig economy ...
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