Daniel Greene responds to Pew Research Center's report on the gig economy, Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing. Read on Points

D&S post-doctoral scholar Julia Ticona responds to “Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing” from Pew Research Center. "Contingent work has always been prevalent in communities where workers have been historically excl... Read on Points

Siddharth Suri and Mary L. Gray respond to Pew Research Center's report on the gig economy, Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing. Read on Points

Brooke Erin Duffy responds to Pew Research Center's report on the gig economy, Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing. Read on Points

D&S researcher Alex Rosenblat writes about the motivations of gig economy workers. In sum, the effects of the gig economy on the workforce are mixed. These platforms seem to benefit people earning supplementary income or t... Read on Harvard Business Review

D&S post-doctoral scholar Caroline Jack attended the O'Reilly Next:Economy Summit and continues the conversation from the summit. In the next economy, the most important skills may be difficult to quantify or commodify—but... Read on Knight Foundation blog

"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read more

A paper on the connection between fossil fuel reduction and the future of labor. Read on Political Economy Research Institute

D&S researchers Alex Rosenblat and Tim Hwang explore "the significant role of worker motivations and regional political environments on the social and economic outcomes of automation" in this report. Read more

D&S affiliate Solon Barocas and D&S fellow Karen Levy examine a concept called refractive surveillance, which is when surveillance of one group impacts another. Debates about consumer privacy have largely missed the fa... Read on Harvard Business Review