Gig economy and ethnic minorities self-employment

Timricht, Lilie

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Timricht, Lilie

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Decreuse, Bruno

Gottlieb, Charles

Raux, Morgan

Abstract(s)

In this dissertation titled ”Gig Economy and Ethnic Minorities Self-Employment, I, Lilie Timricht, investigate the impact of the development of gig work platforms on the creation of new self-employed activities in the ride-hailing sector, and on the participation of ethnic minorities, leveraging the rollout treatment of UberX platform in France. Results from an event study design approach reveal that the platform significantly raised the number of new self-employed drivers registrations, and increased the share of drivers with African ethnic background by around 10 percentage points. These results suggest that the gig economy created new pathways to self-employment, especially for ethnic minorities.

Nesta dissertação, intitulada “Gig Economy and Ethnic Minorities Self-Employment,” eu, Lilie Timricht, investigo o impacto do desenvolvimento de plataformas de trabalho “gig” na criação de novas actividades por conta própria no sector dos serviços de transporte de passageiros e na participação de minorias étnicas, tirando partido do tratamento de lançamento da plataforma UberX em França. Os resultados de uma abordagem de estudo de eventos revelam que a plataforma aumentou significativamente o número de registos de novos condutores independentes e aumentou a percentagem de condutores de origem étnica africana em cerca de 10 pontos percentuais. Estes resultados sugerem que a economia gig criou novas vias para o trabalho independente, especialmente para as minorias étnicas.