NDLI: Jobs on the wire: In search of the perfect labor market

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Beck, Han
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	The Internet as the most recent development in communication technology might dramatically reduce transaction costs and thereby lead to the emergence of a nearly perfect market. This would have drastic implications for labor markets and the social security system. In the first part of the paper, the influence of the Internet on transaction costs is examined. It is shown that the Internet will not necessarily lead to a decrease of transaction costs. Therefore, it is not clear whether the Internet will promote a perfect labor market. Moreover, it is shown that an outsourcing to the Internet will only take place for certain jobs which can be easily standardised. The second part of the paper shows what an Internet‐based labor market may look like. To show this, the model of monopolistic competition is used. A result of these considerations is that an increased outsourcing to the Internet may lead to a kind of association of freelancers.
Starting Page	71
Ending Page	88
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13859587
Journal	NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking
Volume Number	1
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737071
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1999-01-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory Economic Growth Economic Theory Business Information Systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Economics and Econometrics Information Systems

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