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Title page 1
Contents 2
Acknowledgment 3
Executive Summary 4
1. Introduction: Platform work as an opportunity to support job growth and productivity 7
2. Labor regulations, when context appropriate, improve jobs: A conceptual framework 11
3. Regulations should consider platform workers' characteristics and preferences 15
3.1. Workers' preferences on the classification and regulation of work 17
4. Current practices in the regulation of platform work in middle- and high-income countries 19
5. A gradual, evidence-informed approach to raise standards and preserve jobs 25
References 31
Tables 29
Table 1. Summary of examples of market failures on platforms and proposed regulatory remedies 29
Figures 2
Figure 1. Classification of platform workers 9
Figure 2. Theoretical model of workers's labor costs and take-home pay in formal and informal hiring scenarios 13
Figure 3. Main reason for preferring web-based platform work over other jobs 18
Figure 4. Preferred potential job amenities, among web-based platform workers 18
Figure 5. Typical risks that platform workers may face 20
Figure 6. Scope of provisions in special regulations for platform workers 22
Figure 7. Gradual formalization, example of potential application 28
Boxes 9
Box 1. Measuring platform work: Country experiences and specific challenges 9
Box 2. Brazil's experience with the regulation of transport and delivery platform employment 27
Box 3. Existing global initiatives to set a baseline level of working conditions in digital work platforms 30
