The rise of the platform economy into statelike dominance over the lives of entrepreneurs,
users, and workers. The early Internet was a lawless place, populated by scam artists who …

This article investigates why gig economy workers who see themselves as self-employed
freelancers also engage in collective action traditionally associated with regular …

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have received a lot of attention over the last few
years. Although the technological/pedagogical aspects of MOOCs have been well …

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the rise of digitally enabled remote work with
consequences for the global division of labour. Remote work could connect labour markets …

This critical review of research on platform-mediated work argues that platform work studies
are too focused on gig and remote work platforms. We introduce a framework that identifies …

Information and communication technologies have long been predicted to spread economic
opportunities to rural areas. However, the actual trend in the 21st century has been the …

Executive summary The gig economy, in which digital platforms bring together workers and
the purchasers of their services, is expanding globally. Though exponential growth is …

With the emergence of the online gig economy, computer-based jobs can be completed by
gig workers around the world. This raises the question whether the labour market for online …

This paper reports on a randomized experiment in El Salvador that aimed to improve online
labor market outcomes by teaching the entrepreneurial skills required to engage with online …

The purpose of the article is to identify the threats to developing countries caused by the
rapid development of the gig economy based on flexible forms of working relationships, as …