Gig platforms: efficient or unfair? Reading the Uber driver data
For owners and managers who use or plan to build a gig platform. Transaction-cost theory explains why platforms are cheaper to run; US data for 2015 to 2017 show drivers keeping about 47.5 cents of each dollar a rider paid, after fees and vehicle costs. Both can be true at once.
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