The advent of sharing economy in Spain and its effects on the labor market

Authors

Keywords:

sharing economy, labor market, ICT, job, sustainability

Abstract

The rapid progress of the so-called sharing economy is revolutionizing labor relations. In this paper we carry out a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the situation in Spain and its labor market after the emergence of several models of sharing economy in the latest years. This is done through the data available and the factors that scientific literature highlights as key to the development of this type of economy. The results show that there is a trend towards deregulation, promoted by national and international organizations, which entails consumers´ empowerment but also lack of protection towards workers, in a context where the labor market is already less protective than at other moments in Spanish economic history.

Author Biography

María Barreiro-Gen, Universidade da Coruña (UDC)

Doctor in Economy, Professor at Universidad de A Coruña (España) and professor-tutor at  Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Research interests: social policies and statistic genre studies, work market, education, new technologies  and sharing economy. Latest publication: “Public policies based on social networks for the introduction of technology at home: Demographic and socioeconomic profiles of households”, in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.

Published

2018-05-14

How to Cite

Barreiro-Gen, M. (2018). The advent of sharing economy in Spain and its effects on the labor market. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(13), 99-113. Retrieved from //rihumso.unlam.edu.ar/index.php/humanidades/article/view/118

Issue

No. 13 (2018)

Section

Information and Communication Technology

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