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Title: Gig-jobs: stepping stones or dead ends?

Author(s): Adrian Adermon and Lena Hensvik

Publication Date: November 2020

Keyword(s): correspondence study, discrimination and Gig-jobs

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: How useful is work experience from the gig economy for labor market entrants searching for traditional wage jobs? We conducted a correspondence study in Sweden, comparing callback rates for recent high school graduates with (i) gig-experience, (ii) traditional experience, and (iii) unemployment history. We also study heterogeneous responses with respect to perceived foreign background. Our findings suggest that gig-experience is more valuable than unemployment, but less useful than traditional experience for majority applicants. Strikingly however, no form of labor market experience increases the callback rate for minority workers.

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Adermon, A and Hensvik, L. 2020. 'Gig-jobs: stepping stones or dead ends?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=15420