This brief is developed as part of a series and provides an overview of the empirical evidence on the impacts of regulatory and worker protection interventions related to digital work platforms. The theoretical and economic rationales for protecting workers against the market failures that surround digital platform work are discussed in Stoterau (2024). Another brief describes the experiences in various countries in adopting labor regulations or legal classifications from the legal standpoint (Hatayama and Swistak 2024). We bring complementary evidence and guidance to policy makers by reviewing the empirical evidence on the effects of introducing regulations.
Authors
- Citation
- “ Alzate, David . 2024 . The Effects of Regulating Platfom-based Work on Employment Outcomes: A Review of the Empirical Evidence . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42344 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
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- Other ESW Reports
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- 34398558
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- 34398558
- Pages
- 42
- Published in
- United States of America
- Report
- 193830
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- People - SP Global Engagement (HSPGE)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42344
- date disclosure
- 2024-10-31
- region geographical
- World
- theme
- Active Labor Market Programs,Human Development and Gender,Skills Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 5
- I. Introduction 6
- A. Background: The rationale for protecting digital platform workers 6
- B. Mapping the evidence: A framework for potential regulatory and worker protection interventions 8
- II. Interventions and findings: 10
- What does the evidence say? 10
- A. Tackling market power asymmetries 10
- B. Tackling information asymmetries 13
- C. Tackling competition barriers 15
- D. Leveraging platforms to increase uptake of social insurance 17
- E. Applying the evidence to low- and middle-income contexts: Key considerations 19
- Appendix: Study tracker: Impact evaluations, experiments, and theoretical models estimated using data 21
- References 38
