Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark
Trine P. Larsen, Anna Ilsøe og Christian Haldrup presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labour market position of platform workers.
This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labour market position of platform workers. Analytically, we seek inspiration from literature on labour market segmentation (SLM) and multiple jobholding (MJH) to nuance the often-dichotomised view of labour markets characterised by SLM theory. By using survey data from a set of additional questions tied to the Danish LFS, we apply latent class analysis models to discover patterns of labour market divisions among platform workers in Denmark. We identify three major groups of platform workers, and while all of them have multiple income sources, they have very different labour market positions in the traditional labour market. We categorise them as ‘established workers’, ‘transitional workers’, and ‘new labour market entrants’. These divisions point to marked differences among platform workers, implying that platform work is characterised by varying blends of labour market hybridity.
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