scholarly journals Online labor platforms versus temp agencies: What are the differences?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Meijerink ◽  
Martijn Arets
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Labor Market Intermediaries ◽  
Online Marketplaces ◽  
Online Labor ◽  
Labor Supply And Demand ◽  
Market Intermediaries

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare online labor platforms (OLPs) such as Upwork, Fiverr, YoungOnes and Temper with traditional temp agencies. At a first glance, OLPs and temp agencies strongly resemble each other while they aim to meet the need for short-term labor of organizations. The authors ask the question how these labor market intermediaries differ on issues such as information technology usage, ways how labor supply and demand are matched and working conditions (e.g. status, pay and social security of workers). Design/methodology/approach Next to a review of the academic literature, the authors conducted interviews with representatives of six OLPs and temp agencies in the Netherlands as well as a legal specialist in Dutch labor law. Findings The authors found that OLPs and temp agencies differ on several issues. First, although OLPs rely on online marketplaces for matching labor supply and demand, temp agencies generally rely on human matchmakers. Second, although OLPs enable workers and client organizations to initiate transactions themselves, temp agencies employ representatives that do the matching for workers and clients. Third, and as a result, OLPs afford client organizations to almost instantly hire workers on-demand, whereas the flexibility and speed that temp agencies can offer depend on availability and processing capacity of human matchmakers. Originality/value According to the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to compare OLPs and temp agencies and, in doing so, offers academics and practitioners an analytical framework to compare different types of labor market intermediaries.

scholarly journals Standard and New Forms of Employment: Diversification of Opportunities in the Context of Digitalization and Globalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (516) ◽  
pp. 224-231
Author(s):  
L. P. Huk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Labor Supply And Demand ◽  
National Labor Market

The article is aimed at examining the current trends in the formation of employment structure and the peculiarities of both the standard and the «new» models of labor to determine the risks and opportunities for using various forms of employment in Ukraine in the conditions of the crisis of instability. The factors of demand (regulation of employment, creation of conditions for the development of highly intellectual employment and individual economic activity, technological development, economic cycles, etc.) and supply (personal characteristics of employees: age, gender, education, level of qualification) are analyzed, which influence the choice of employment forms and determine their use in the national labor market. The peculiarities (employment mode, remuneration and qualifications of employed people, their socio-demographic characteristics) of certain forms of employment in Ukraine are disclosed on the basis of the analysis of microdata of a sample survey of the population on issues of economic activity. It is determined that in Ukraine the most common was a permanent form of employment, other more flexible or even precarious forms of employment developed and functioned along with it, the regularities of usnig them were determined by the interaction of factors of the labor supply and demand. The results of the research justify the existence of a link between the stability of the form of employment and the factors of the labor supply, which include age, gender and educational qualification level. It is proved that the achievement of competitiveness of the national labor market will be determined by the complex use of various forms of employment to balance the demand and supply of labor in the conditions of digitalization and globalization of the economy.

scholarly journals FEATURES AND TRENDS OF THE RUSSIAN LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPHERE OF DEMAND AND LABOR SUPPLY

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
A.V. Mal’tseva ◽  
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A.V. Maiorova ◽  
E.A. Safonova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Labor Supply And Demand ◽  
Internet Recruitment

The aim of the study is to identify and determine the features, trends, problems that have developed in the modern Russian labor market in the sphere of labor supply and demand based on data from HeadHunter.ru. To solve these tasks, the authors used the methods of content analysis and comparative analysis, logical justification and expert assessments. As part of the study, the authors analyzed scientific works by foreign and domestic authors devoted to the problems of the labor market development and the demand for workers in the conditions of the development of the modern economy. They analyzed and systematized the data from Internet recruitment portal Head- Hunter (based on parsing resumes and vacancies) in the context of regions, spheres and types of employment, salary, work schedule, work experience, etc., and made the appropriate conclusions. Based on a comparative analysis of the data parsing resumes and vacancies, the authors identified trends and features of the demand and supply of labor in the labor market. The results of the study can be useful for government bodies in the development and implementation of policies in the field of labor market regulation and employment of the population.

scholarly journals Models of Labor Supply and Demand in the Rural Labor Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 254-261
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Rural Labor ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Labor Surplus ◽  
Labor Supply And Demand ◽  
Effective Use

The article discusses the effective use of economic and mathematical methods in the field of rural employment in labor-surplus regions. A large place in the work belongs to the development of a criterion for the optimality of the labor market and limitations in the model. The main focus is on optimizing the supply and demand of labor in rural areas.

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