Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302696 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17179
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using rich administrative tax data, we explore the effects of the introduction of online ridesharing platforms on entry, employment and earnings in the Taxi and Limousine Services industry. Ridesharing dramatically increased the pace of entry of workers into the industry. New entrants were more likely to be young, female, White and U.S. born, and to combine earnings from ridesharing with wage and salary earnings. Displaced workers have found ridesharing to be a substantially more attractive fallback option than driving a taxi. Ridesharing also affected the incumbent taxi driver workforce. The exit rates of low-earning taxi drivers increased following the introduction of ridesharing in their city; exit rates of high-earning taxi drivers were little affected. In cities without regulations limiting the size of the taxi fleet, both groups of drivers experienced earnings losses following the introduction of ridesharing. These losses were ameliorated or absent in more heavily regulated markets.
Subjects: 
Gig Economy
JEL: 
J20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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