In this paper, we study the wage elasticity of labour supply of platform workers by exploiting uncertainty in task search. Using a survey of on-location and online platform workers in Europe, we show that wage reductions due to task search are inversely related to increases in labour supply and that changes in earnings net of task search are also inversely related to labour supply. Our estimated backwards-bending labour supply curves are valid for all platform workers and are robust to a number of misspecification and endogeneity issues.

Cantarella, M. e C., Strozzi. "Task search and labour supply in the platform economy" Working paper, DEMB WORKING PAPER SERIES, Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi - Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2023. https://doi.org/10.25431/11380_1320606

Task search and labour supply in the platform economy

Cantarella, M.;Strozzi, C.
2023

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In this paper, we study the wage elasticity of labour supply of platform workers by exploiting uncertainty in task search. Using a survey of on-location and online platform workers in Europe, we show that wage reductions due to task search are inversely related to increases in labour supply and that changes in earnings net of task search are also inversely related to labour supply. Our estimated backwards-bending labour supply curves are valid for all platform workers and are robust to a number of misspecification and endogeneity issues.
2023
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Cantarella, M.; Strozzi, C.
Cantarella, M. e C., Strozzi. "Task search and labour supply in the platform economy" Working paper, DEMB WORKING PAPER SERIES, Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi - Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2023. https://doi.org/10.25431/11380_1320606
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