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How Has Covid-19 Affected The Gig Economy?

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday June 10 2020, @08:12PM   
from the let-me-count-the-ways dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The arrival of the novel coronavirus and subsequent shutdowns of economies across the globe have caused hardships not seen in generations. But for business professors, it's also a once-in-a-generation research opportunity.

USC Marshall Assistant Professor of Marketing and Kenneth King Stonier Assistant Professor of Business Administration Davide Proserpio was one of the first academics to study the sharing economy as he completed his Ph.D. Today he is considered a leading expert in the so-called "gig" economy. We asked him five questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdown are affecting the sector.

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• Re:Just supply and demand? Re:Just supply and demand? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:58AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:58AM (#1006744)

  That ship started sailing half a century ago. If they haven't done so by now, indicates that there was some advantage to employing people in the developed world.

  Guess you're one of those developed world workers who aren't smart enough to realize that's a different ship.

  For years many people who could work from home weren't allowed to by their employers/bosses. If that ship really did sail, they would have been working from home already!

  Now that has changed. Significantly more employers are saying many/all of their employees can continue to work from home indefinitely.

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• Re:Just supply and demand? (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday June 12 2020, @01:44PM

  by khallow (3766) on Friday June 12 2020, @01:44PM (#1006855) Journal

  Now that has changed.

  For a few months. There's no reason to expect it to stick around after the emergency is over.

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