How many online workers are there in the world? A data-driven assessment [version 4; peer review: 4 approved]

An unknown number of people around the world are earning income by working through online labour platforms such as Upwork and Amazon Mechanical Turk. We combine data collected from various sources to build a data-driven assessment of the number of such online workers (also known as online freelancer...

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Main Authors: Otto Kässi, Vili Lehdonvirta, Fabian Stephany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2021-10-01
Series:Open Research Europe
Online Access:https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/1-53/v4