What Is the Gig Economy? Taken a ride with Uber, had your dinner delivered by DoorDash or sold something on Etsy? If you have, you are a participant in the gig economy. Dictionary.com defines the ...

The gig economy is also especially helpful for those with young families, particularly women, who now have easier access to earning a wage at home or at times that suit them most. Although the figures ...

Amid corporate layoffs, 36% of the U.S. workforce turns to gig economy for alternative employment. Here's what you need to ...

The gig economy refers to a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs. In this economy, workers are paid per gig or job ...

The World Bank’s review highlights the complexities of regulating gig economy work, stressing that platform workers face ...

When it comes to motivating app-based gig economy workers like DoorDash and Uber drivers, giving out money and virtual high ...

“The gig economy gives you ultimate flexibility,” says Ross Buhrdorf, founder and CEO of ZenBusiness, a company that provides tools to freelancers and entrepreneurs who want to start a busines ...

I look at four stats on the client and freelancer side. On the client side, SIA estimated that the global gig economy posted $5.4 trillion in revenue in 2022, meanwhile the Atlanta Fed showed that ...

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When it comes to motivating app-based gig economy workers like DoorDash and Uber drivers, giving out money and virtual high fives are separately effective — but not when given together — according to ...

The gig economy, as it is called, is that segment of the labour market which is characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs. It is not ...

39% of Americans do some kind of gig work. Why aren’t more universities teaching it? Very few universities are preparing students for how to survive in today's economy, which does not always ...