Lock-In Effects in Online Labor Markets
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2021014, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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Keywords
crowdsourcing; online labor markets; platform fees; reputation portability; switching costs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2021-11-15 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-ICT-2021-11-15 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-LMA-2021-11-15 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-PAY-2021-11-15 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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