Regulatory Approach to the Gig Economy: A Comparative Study of the United States and China

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10.2991/assehr.k.211120.121How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Regulatory Approach; Gig Economy; Independent Workers

Abstract

The Gig economy is a new thriving industry in which mobile digital apps are prevalently adopted to connect freelancers with customers. Regulatory approaches to this new industry have been widely discussed and practicable attempts have been implemented. This paper focuses on discussing the trade-offs of the attempts by the United States and China to regulate this new industry based on the theoretical framework constructed by combining the theory of Arun Sundararajan and Alan Krueger. This comparative study shows that countries around the world should employ a “three-body” regulatory system composed of the government, APP platforms and the public in which each group checks and balances each other. Countries should also made adjustment when employing this pattern according to their actual economic and political situation.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiao Ziang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Regulatory Approach to the Gig Economy: A Comparative Study of the United States and China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 655
EP  - 665
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.121
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.121
ID  - Ziang2021
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