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The platform effect: How Amazon changed work in logistics in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom

  • While the effects of the platform economy on work are mainly studied through the lens of gig or cloud workers, many more employees are likely to be affected in non-platform firms or sectors. We discuss the mechanisms of platform economy’s impact on the employment relationships and indirect effect on employment trends. Platform firms enter the service economy with business models that put existing service providers under pressure and advance a platform model of employment relationship. However, their transformative force is limited by three factors: employment regulations, access to welfare provisions and the employment relations at legacy firms. We examine the case of Amazon logistics in the US, Germany and the UK and find that the employment contract, as a legal institution, prevents the dissemination of independent contracting as the preferred employment model. Moreover, the welfare state has a paradoxical effect on platform work: universal welfare and liberal employment law facilitate the rise of precarious work.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Anke Hassel, Felix Sieker
Parent Title (English):European Journal of Industrial Relations
Publication year:2022
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:363
Last Page:382
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/09596801221082456
Release Date:2022/05/19
Volume:28
Issue:3
Hertie School Research:Jacques Delors Centre
AY 21/22:AY 21/22
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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