Digital workers by design? An example from the on-demand economy.

Autor/inn/en	Maselli, Ilaria; Fabo, Brian
Institution	Centre for European Policy Studies
Titel	Digital workers by design? An example from the on-demand economy. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Gewollt digitale Arbeitnehmer? Ein Beispiel aus der on-demand-Wirtschaft.
Quelle	Brüssel (2015), 13 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CEPS working document. 414
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISBN	978-94-6138-484-3
Schlagwörter	Arbeitswelt; Digitalisierung; Design; Technologische Entwicklung; Arbeitsbedingungen; Einkommenshöhe; Gewinn; Lebenshaltungskosten; Outsourcing; Arbeitsmotivation; Designer; Innenarchitekt; Arbeitsorganisation; Auftragsvergabe; Auswirkung; Internet; Selbstständiger; Ausland; Italien; Serbien
Abstract	Recent organisational and technological changes à la Uber have generated a new labour market fringe: a digital class of workers and contractors. In this paper we study the case of CoContest, a crowdsourcing platform for interior design. Our objective is to investigate how profitable this type of work can be, also from a cross-country perspective, and why professionals choose to supply work on such a platform. Given the low returns, one might expect to see a pattern of northern employer/southern contractor. Yet analysis reveals a more nuanced pattern, in which designers supply their work even if they live in Italy, which is a high-income country. For these designers work on CoContest can make sense if they are new to the labour market and face high entry barriers, although crowdsourcing does not offer them profitable employment full time. The case of Serbia, the second-largest supplier of designers, is different, however. As a result of differences in purchasing power, if the market grows experienced Serbian designers can expect to make a living from crowdsourced contracts. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ".
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/2