Abstract
This report presents a preliminary knowledge status about implications of the sharing economy for labour markets and employment relations in the Nordic countries. It also reviews how the Nordic cou ...
Highlights
Background and contextWhat is the sharing economy and how can it be governed?1.1 How to denominate and define the sharing economy?There is, so far, little consensus on how to denominate and define the term sharing economy (Sundararajan 2016: 27; Kalleberg & Dunn, 2016: 2)
An idea often voiced in debates over how to close the gaps opening in labour law and social law from the various forms of platform work is to construct a new, third hybrid category between employees and self-employed
While the initial frenzy around the labour market effects of the “platform economy” has given way to more sober approaches, the dialogues at the Oslo conference all addressed the fact that platform work plays into broader trends of working life change
Summary
Platform work is a relatively new field of study and developments take place almost weekly. Part 1 of this report is an update of the main developments since the report “Nordic Labour Markets and the Sharing Economy – Report from a Pilot Project” (Dølvik & Jesnes, 2017: 508) was published a year ago, which is part 2 in this report This updated version of the report builds on observations of recent policy developments, policy papers, newly published research, and the conference “Shaping the Future of Work in the Nordic Countries – the Impacts of the Sharing Economy and New Forms of Work” held in Oslo, 22–23 May 2017. As platform work is part of broader transformations of work, we, review the conference discussions about the impact of digitalization on the labour market and the need for further knowledge about the changes such trends might lead to in Nordic working lives
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