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Rising Dissemination inequality and of new Future technologies volatility of Work Need new methods of Changing skill nature of work acquisition
What is gig work? And what do we know about it?
TYPES OF PAID WORK Employees Self-employed Independent Small business contractors * owners On-demand Off-line platforms * Not misclassified
Workers’ income sources across all jobs in the U.S., 2014 87% 7% 6% Wages only Self-employment Wages and self- income only employment income Source: Jackson, Emilie, Adam Looney, and Shanthi Ramnath. 2017. “The Rise of Alternative Work Arrangements: Evidence and Implications for Tax Filing and Benefit Coverage.” Working Paper 114. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis.
Common occupations for independent contractors in California • Janitors, maids, and housekeepers Personal care aides, home health aides, childcare workers • low-wage Grounds maintenance workers • Retail sales workers • • Construction trades workers Beauty salon barber shop and nail salon workers • Truck and taxi drivers • Customer service representatives • • Managers Real estate brokers and sales agents • Media and communications workers (for example, in motion pictures) • Entertainers and performers • Teachers • Business operations specialists (e.g., in management consulting) • Financial specialists • Counselors and social workers • Doctors, nurses and other health practitioners • Lawyers and judges • high-wage Computer occupations • Top executives • Source: Authors’ analysis of American Community Survey, 2013-2015
On-demand platform work As percent of workforce in 2016: Labor platforms: ~ 0.5% • Capital platforms: ~ 0.4% • Source: Farrell, Diana, and Fiona Greig. 2016. “The Online Platform Economy: Why Growth Has Peaked.” JP Morgan Chase & Co Institute.
Participation in labor platforms, by city 1.4 Percent of adults participating on labor platforms, 2016 1.2 San Francisco San Jose 1 Los Angeles Atlanta Miami 0.8 Chicago San Diego Denver 0.6 Phoenix New York Dallas 0.4 Seattle Columbus Houston 0.2 Detroit 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 Percent year-over-year growth Source: Farrell, Diana, and Fiona Greig. 2016. “The Online Platform Economy: Why Growth Has Peaked.” JP Morgan Chase & Co Institute.
Platform work is often supplementary and sporadic • On average, labor platform income = about a quarter of annual income • That’s largely driven by workers who are using platforms during spells of unemployment • 40 percent of labor platform users exit within the first 6 months • About a quarter of users stay for 2 or more years
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