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  • January 29, 2020

    NEW IZA WoL REPORT: The Gig Economy And The Gender Pay Gap

    A new IZA World of Labor report looks at the growth of the gig economy and its implications for workers, policymakers, and the gender pay gap. One challenge in regulating the gig economy landscape is that workers are highly heterogeneous, not only in their personal preferences. They vary in age, income, and education in a manner that is surprisingly similar to the traditional workforce. Crafting regulations that treat fully committed and occasional gig workers as one group is unlikely to be an efficient solution.
    A new IZA World of Labor report looks at the growth of the gig economy and its implications for workers, policymakers, and the gender pay gap. One challenge in regulating the gig economy landscape is that workers are highly heterogeneous, not only in their personal preferences. They vary in age, income, and education in a manner that is surprisingly similar to the traditional workforce. Crafting regulations that treat fully committed and occasional gig workers as one group is unlikely to be an efficient solution.