The rise of the “gig economy” has attracted wide attention from both scholars and the
popular media. Much of this attention has been devoted to jobs mediated through various …

This work examines the intersection between traditional human resource management and
the novel employment arrangements of the expanding gig economy. While there is a …

To explore the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on small businesses, we
conducted a survey of more than 5,800 small businesses between March 28 and April 4 …

The rapid growth of Uber and analogous platform companies has led to considerable
scholarly interest in the phenomenon of platform labor. Scholars have taken two main …

The Online Labour Index (OLI) was launched in 2016 to measure the global utilisation of
online freelance work at scale. Five years after its creation, the OLI has become a point of …

This article discusses trends in alternative work arrangements in the United States using
data from the Contingent Worker Survey (CWS) supplements to the Current Population …

Inequalities abound in the US economy, and a central driver in recent decades is the
widening gap between the hourly compensation of a typical (median) worker and …

Alternative work arrangements, defined both by working conditions and by workers'
relationship to their employers, are heterogeneous and common in the United States. This …

The fissuring of business structures fundamentally changes the nature of employment and
work in industries and the economy as a whole. This article describes the core elements …

High school Career and Technical Education (CTE) has received increased attention from
policymakers and researchers in recent years. This study fills a needed gap in the growing …