This paper documents the extent and growth of gig work in the United States using Internal
Revenue Service tax records. We discuss advantages of using tax data to learn about gig …

Sharing economy online labor platforms play a critical role in bringing together freelancers
and potential employers. This research is one of the few studies to address how freelancers' …

Millions of people worldwide find work via digital platforms that match clients and consumers
with independent workers for tasks and short-term projects. The advent of platform-based …

We used rich Canadian administrative data linked to census records to examine the impact
of firm closures and involuntary job displacement on entry into gig work. Similar to several …

With the rise of digital platforms, individuals' possibilities to generate income have increased
drastically. In this context, we present digital content creation as a form of (digital) …

We use de-identified data from California personal income tax returns to measure the
frequency and nature of independent contracting work in California. We identify independent …

I document several facts about contingent work: there is greater dispersion and larger
changes in hours worked by contingent workers, and contingent workers' hourly wages are …

This paper investigates the critical success factors of software development freelancing in
the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper adopts the intuitionistic fuzzy …

Across the United States, policymakers and regulators are grappling with the growth in the
independent workforce. Independent workers are legally classified as “independent …