DATA PORTABILITY IN THE GIG ECONOMY

EVENT RECAP

25 November 2021

The gig economy lowers the threshold to enter the labor market. With their work on platforms, workers build a data profile, which includes numbers of completed tasks and served clients as well as the clients’ evaluations. This overview contributes to the trust (potential) clients may put in a platform worker. A strong profile usually leads to more work and possibly better earnings.

Platform work that serves as a stepping stone to the labor market is beneficial, but what would be the next step? Currently, platform workers are not able to transfer their data to other platforms. They are also not able to use their profiles in order to acquire assignments outside the gig economy. Although several research papers have made a plea for ‘portability’ of this kind of data, there has not been any progress in practice.

During this event, we explored ways in which data portability could be beneficial for platform workers. Based on previously published research results and a vivid panel discussion, we examined the pros and cons to how portability of reputation and transaction data could contribute to the agility of workers on the labor market, both inside and outside the gig economy.

Download an exclusive collaborative report on portability of reputation and transaction data for gig workers – the result of a 1,5-year research that was shared during this event.

RECORDINGS

Imported reputation and the hiring intention of clients | RW Onward 25 November

Keynote: Judith Kas

What do platform workers want? | RW Onward 25 November

Data portability in the gig economy | RW Onward 25 November

Report Results: Martijn Arets

Expert panel: implementing data portability in the platform economy | RW Onward 25 November

Expert Panel discussion

Program outline 14:00 - 16:00 CET

14:00 – Welcome by Martijn Arets, platform economy expert and Founder of GigCV

14:05 – Report results in a nutshellMartijn Arets

14:15 – Groundbreaking research insights on data portability – keynote speeches by:

14:20 – Groundbreaking research insights on data portability: does imported reputation contribute to the hiring intention of clients? – Dr. Judith Kas, Postdoctoral researcher, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)

14:35 – Groundbreaking research insights on data portability: what do platform workers want? – Dr. Jeroen Meijerink, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Twente

14:50 – Expert panel with platform leaders + Q&A – Implementing data portability in the platform economy.

Wiggert de Haan, Co-Founder, Roamler

Maria Mingrone, Project Manager, Glovo Pro

Michael Bugaj, CEO & Co-Founder, meploy

Moderated by Jovana Karanovic, Founder, Reshaping Work

15:35 – Closing remarks and sneak preview on future plans

Speakers Highlights

Martijn Arets

Platform economy expert and Founder of GigCV

Dr. Judith Kas

Postdoctoral Researcher, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)

Dr. Jeroen Meijerink

Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Twente

Wiggert de Haan

Co-Founder, Roamler

Maria Mingrone

Project Manager, Glovo Pro

Michael Bugaj

CEO & Co-founder of meploy

Jovana Karanović

Founder, Reshaping Work

Organized by

Martijn Arets

Platform economy expert and Founder of GigCV

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