A research agenda for the gig economy and society / edited by Valerio De Stefano [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

De Stefano, Valerio, editor.

Series:

Elgar research agendas.

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gig economy.

Gig economy--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the gig economy from both a labour and employment perspective, this Research Agenda goes beyond the question of the employment status of platform workers. It investigates how the gig economy is changing the way people work, how the platforms' business models are spreading in our economies, and what labour and social institutions are needed to respond to the challenges that platform work raises. Covering key issues such as algorithmic management, discrimination, occupational health and safety, casual work and collective labour rights, the authors challenge the narrative that the gig economy is a set of work arrangements that cannot be regulated through existing labour legislation and governance forms. The impact of the gig economy in developing countries and the regulation of global supply changes in platform work are also addressed. With contributions from world-leading authors, this Research Agenda will be crucial reading for scholars of labour and employment law, sociologists, economists and industrial relations specialists"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society

2 Exclusion by default: Platform workers' quest for labour protections

3 The impact of the gig-economy on occupational health and safety: Just an occupation hazard?

4 Algorithmic discrimination, the role of GPS, and the limited scope of EU non-discrimination law

5 The law and worker voice in the gig economy

6 Platform economy and the risk of in-work poverty: A research agenda for social security lawyers

7 Platform work and precariousness: Low earnings and limited control of work

8 On demand work as a legal framework to understand the gig economy

9 Domestic work and the gig economy

10 Is flexibility and autonomy a myth or reality on taxi platforms? Comparison between traditional and app-based taxi drivers in developing countries

11 The emerging geographies of platform labour: Intensifying trends in global capitalism

12 Crowdwork and global supply chains: Regulating digital piecework

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: De Stefano, Valerio A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society

ISBN:

1-80088-351-X