Workers without employers: Shadow corporations and the rise of the gig economy

Review of Keynesian Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-188

  Friedman, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business fluctuations; Compensation packages; Labor economics; Labor policy; Lay offs; Mobility; Payment methods; Turnover; Unemployment; Unemployment insurance; Vacancies; Wage level and structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940738035     PISSN: 20495323     EISSN: 20495331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4337/roke.2014.02.03     Document Type: Article

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