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 …

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 …

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 …

In this paper, we analyze the recessionary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital
platform workers. The crisis has been described as a great work-from-home experiment, with …

Despite disruptive impact of internet work on labour markets little is known about what,
beyond individual pull factors, drives its expansion. This article extends current frameworks …

Digital labour platforms have been increasingly gaining popularity over the past decade. In
particular, there has been much debate about workers' motivations and working conditions …

We compare individuals engaged in online crowdwork against workers in traditional
occupations from the United States and Europe, investigating the determinants of access …

A growing body of literature seeks to understand the conditions and consequences of
platform work for platform workers and society at large. This study takes stock of current …

Online platforms that implement reputation mechanisms typically prevent the transfer of
ratings to other platforms, leading to lock‐in effects and high switching costs for users …

Problem definition: Using labor supply data from a large online education platform with more
than 100,000 gig workers, we investigate how online gig workers changed their behavior …