Code and Data for: "Is New Platform Work Different from Other Freelancing?"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Andrew Garin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Emilie Jackson, Stanford University; Dmitri Koustas, University of Chicago. Harris School of Public Policy; Carl McPherson, University of California-Berkeley

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Garin, Andrew, Jackson, Emilie, Koustas, Dmitri, and McPherson, Carl. Code and Data for: “Is New Platform Work Different from Other Freelancing?” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-11-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120686V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary The rise of freelance work in the online platform economy (OPE) has received considerable media and policy attention in recent years, but freelance work is by no means a new phenomenon. In this paper, we draw on I.R.S. tax records to identify instances when workers begin doing online platform work versus other freelance/independent contractor “gig” work for firms.  We find gig work occurs around major reductions in outside income, and document usage over the lifecycle. Our results provide suggestive evidence on motivations for entering into each type of work.  

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J46 Informal Labor Markets
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes


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