Rethinking legal taxonomies for the gig economy

Both tax law and employment law incentivize engagers of labour to structure their workforce as a crowd of self-employed micro-entrepreneurs. Recent technological change and the rise of the gig economy have made it easier for agents to respond to these incentives, contributing to an increase in self-...

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Հիմնական հեղինակներ: Adams, A, Freedman, J, Prassl, J
Ձևաչափ: Journal article
Լեզու:English
Հրապարակվել է: Oxford University Press 2018
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Ամփոփում:Both tax law and employment law incentivize engagers of labour to structure their workforce as a crowd of self-employed micro-entrepreneurs. Recent technological change and the rise of the gig economy have made it easier for agents to respond to these incentives, contributing to an increase in self-employment. In this article, we review the evidence on the rise of the gig economy in the UK and lay out a set of key principles to guide the reform of tax and employment law to better enable policy to meet its underlying objectives.