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Sharing Economy
Definition and characteristics
Sharing economy is a widely-used term that is also referred to as collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer or access-based consumption. Its roots are based in initiatives such as Wikipedia, Couchsurfing or TaskRabbit and its specificity is the reliance on shared production and consumption of goods and services. As opposed to the traditional economy, which involves a transfer of ownership from the producer to the consumer, the sharing economy implies a market mediation without a transfer of ownership[1]
Besides, one of the main characteristics of the sharing economy is the “worker misclassification”[2], meaning that all companies being part of the sharing economy “treat their workers as contractors instead of employees” or as "micro-entrepreneurs".[3]
This aspect has a positive impact on the employers, who save money and a negative impact on workers, who do not have access to syndicates, health insurances, paid leaves and a broad range of other benefits. The Atlantic wrote on this matter that “the lack of employee status can also mean limited recourse for workers who face discrimination or want to unionize”[4]and that the main actors’ issue is that they are “trying to misrepresent their central function in order to avoid additional requirements and expenses”.[5] However, platform operators such as Uber or Lyft argue that “the participants contribute freely to the common pool and can withdraw their offer at any time, so in that sense, they are not employees”.[6]
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Bardhi , Fleura ; Eckhardt, Giana M. (December 2012). Access-Based Consumption: The Case for Car Sharing, Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 39, No. 4. p. 881-898.
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Gillian B. White (June 2015). "In the Sharing Economy, No One's an Employee". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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Schor, J. B., Walker, E. T., Lee, C. W., Parigi, P., & Cook, K. (2015). On the Sharing Economy. Contexts. p. 14, 12-19.
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Gillian B. White (June 2015). "In the Sharing Economy, No One's an Employee". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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Gillian B. White (June 2015). "In the Sharing Economy, No One's an Employee". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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Erickson, K, Sørensen, I (2015). "Regulating the sharing economy". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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