Conceptualizing the Gig Economy and Its Regulatory Problems

IF 4.1 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Policy and Internet Pub Date : 2020-01-07 DOI:10.31235/osf.io/jmqyt

Nikos Koutsimpogiorgos, J. Slageren, A. Herrmann, K. Frenken

引用次数: 60

Abstract

We conceptualize the gig economy along four dimensions: online intermediation, independent contractors, paid tasks, and personal services. From our framework, one can derive both a narrow definition of the gig economy as ex ante specified, paid tasks carried out by independent contractors mediated by online platforms, and broader definitions that include offline next to online intermediation, employees next to independent contractors, unpaid tasks next to paid tasks, and asset sharing next to performing gigs. The four dimensions also span four key regulatory questions: how should online platforms be classified and regulated, how should gig workers be classified and regulated, what should count as paid and unpaid work, and should we treat earnings from performing gigs different from earnings from sharing assets. We conclude that the positions taken on these regulatory issues are essentially contingent upon political choices, which will determine how the gig economy will evolve in the future.

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零工经济的概念及其监管问题

我们将零工经济概念化为四个维度：在线中介、独立承包商、付费任务和个人服务。从我们的框架中，我们可以得出零工经济的狭义定义，即预先指定的、由在线平台调解的独立承包商执行的有偿任务，以及更广泛的定义，包括在线调解旁边的离线、独立承包商旁边的员工、有偿任务旁边的无偿任务，以及演出旁边的资产共享。这四个维度还涵盖了四个关键的监管问题：应该如何对在线平台进行分类和监管，应该如何对零工进行分类和管理，什么应该算作有偿和无偿工作，以及我们是否应该将表演收入与共享资产收入区别对待。我们得出的结论是，在这些监管问题上采取的立场基本上取决于政治选择，这将决定零工经济在未来的发展。

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来源期刊

Policy and Internet Multiple-

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

10.20%

发文量

期刊介绍： Understanding public policy in the age of the Internet requires understanding how individuals, organizations, governments and networks behave, and what motivates them in this new environment. Technological innovation and internet-mediated interaction raise both challenges and opportunities for public policy: whether in areas that have received much work already (e.g. digital divides, digital government, and privacy) or newer areas, like regulation of data-intensive technologies and platforms, the rise of precarious labour, and regulatory responses to misinformation and hate speech. We welcome innovative research in areas where the Internet already impacts public policy, where it raises new challenges or dilemmas, or provides opportunities for policy that is smart and equitable. While we welcome perspectives from any academic discipline, we look particularly for insight that can feed into social science disciplines like political science, public administration, economics, sociology, and communication. We welcome articles that introduce methodological innovation, theoretical development, or rigorous data analysis concerning a particular question or problem of public policy.