Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda

Ajay Agrawal, John Horton, Nicola Lacetera, Elizabeth Lyons

NBER Working Paper No. 19525
Issued in October 2013

---- Acknowledgments ----

This research was funded by the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We thank Shane Greenstein, Catherine Tucker, Avi Goldfarb, and participants at the NBER pre-conference and conference meetings for valuable feedback. Errors remain our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

---- Disclosure of Financial Relationships for John Horton ----

I have a financial interest in the oDesk Corporation relating to my prior employment with oDesk. In particular, I have a 50K stock option grant which is still vesting. I also have a $2K monthly in-kind research budget from oDesk.

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