Nikhil Datta is a researcher in the labour section of LSE’s Growth Commission. His main research areas are the share of income earned by those at the bottom of the earnings distribution, and the effects of minimum wages.
This column reports evidence from the UK and the US that while atypical workers may like flexibility, they would prefer a steady job. Indeed, workers would agree to earn less in order to ...
Freelancers, gig workers and the self-employed like flexibility, but they would much prefer job security, writes Nikhil Datta.
