Observational Study Finds Freelance Hiring Signal Backfired
An observational study of a large online labor platform found that a worker-offered financial guarantee was associated with lower hiring ...
Tag: gig economy
When the Law Looks Away: How Legislative Exclusion Shapes South Africa’s Gig Economy
New research from the University of Johannesburg argues that South Africa's gig economy precarity is produced not by regulatory absence ...
Gig informal workers and changing work culture in Kashmir
A qualitative study of 14 gig workers in Kashmir reveals six dimensions of platform labour, from income instability and algorithmic ...
Prison Record Still Weighs on Consumers Choosing Personal Trainers, National Experiment Finds
A national conjoint experiment of 1,100 U.S. adults finds that consumers strongly penalize personal trainers with prison records, though online ...
Feminist Lens Reveals Hidden Labour Behind Europe’s Digital Platform Economies
A roundtable of European researchers shows how feminist analysis exposes the gendered, racialised and invisible labour underpinning digital platform economies.
How a Budapest Square Lost Its Pause: Renewal, Delivery Apps and the Thinning of Public Life
A new study of Budapest's Blaha Lujza Square shows how urban renewal and platform-based delivery work have transformed lingering public ...
The Gig Economy Is Older Than You Think: Platforms Refashion Centuries of Precarious Work
New research traces digital platform work back centuries, showing that home-based labour, piece wages, day hiring and labour middlemen long ...
Ridesharing Services Linked to Lower Crime Rates in US Cities, Study Finds
New research in Economic Inquiry finds that the staggered US rollout of ridesharing services was associated with reductions in violent ...
Algorithmic Control and Precarity: Gig Workers in South Asia Fight for Social Security
A new review finds that South Asia's rapidly growing gig workforce faces algorithmic control, meagre earnings, and inadequate social protection, ...
Volatile Jobs Leave Millions of American Workers Riding a Health Insurance Roller Coaster
A new JAMA Network Open study finds that millions of low- and middle-income American workers with volatile hours and incomes ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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