Replication data for: What Do Big Data Tell Us about Why People Take Gig Economy Jobs?

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Project Citation:

Koustas, Dmitri K. Replication data for: What Do Big Data Tell Us about Why People Take Gig Economy Jobs? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116468V1

Project Description

Summary: The gig economy is widely regarded to be a source of secondary or temporary income, but little is known about economic activity outside of the gig economy. Using data from a large, online personal finance application, I document the evolution of non-gig income and household balance sheets surrounding the participation decision for gig economy jobs. This simple analysis reveals striking pretrends in income and assets. In addition to providing insight into the reasons why households enter the gig economy, these findings have potentially important implications for the external validity of previous studies focusing on gig economy activity only.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C55 Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J23 Labor Demand

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