Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205800 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 420
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This critical and scoping review essay analyses digital labour markets where labour-intensive services are traded by matching requesters (employers and/or consumers) and providers (workers). It first discusses to what extent labour platform can be treated as two-sided or multi-sided markets, and the implications of these classifications. It then moves to address the legal and regulatory issues implied by these technologies. From a theoretical point of view, using a framework where innovation is not neutral in the labour market, platforms have implications for the quantity of jobs, for the kind of skills and tasks which are exchanged, and in terms of bargaining power of the contracting parties. It includes a critical evaluation of the empirical evidence from a variety of sources.
Subjects: 
platforms
employment
quality of work
regulation
JEL: 
L23
L86
J21
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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