TY  - UNPD
A1  - Bäckman, Claes
A1  - Hanspal, Tobin
T1  - The geography of alternative work
T2  - SAFE working paper series ; No. 207
N2  - The increase in alternative working arrangements has sparked a debate over the positive impact of increased flexibility against the negative impact of decreased financial security. We study the prevalence and determinants of intermediated work in order to document the relative importance of the arguments for and against this recent labor market trend. We link data on individual participation and losses from a Federal Trade Commission settlement with a Multi-Level Marketing firm with detailed county-level information. Participation is greater in middle-income areas and in areas where female labor market non-participation is higher, suggesting that flexibility offers real benefits. However, losses from MLM participation are higher in areas with lower education levels and higher income inequality, suggesting that the downsides of alternative work are particularly high in certain demographics. Our results illustrate that the advantages and disadvantages of alternative work arrangements accrue to different groups.
T3  - SAFE working paper - 207 
KW  - Intermediated work
KW  - Multi-level marketing
KW  - Gig-economy
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Consumer financial protection
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46673
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-466733
UR  - https://ssrn.com/abstract=3175871
IS  - April 27, 2018
PB  - SAFE
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -