"The number of self-employed can increase by one million through the platform economy" | Now

The number of freelancers can increase from 200,000 to one million due to the emergence of digital platforms such as Uber and the Temper horeca platform.

It is about economists from ING Economics presented in a scenario of Wednesday

The real impact They emphasize that it depends mainly on technology, legal rules and financial incentives.

Economists assume a conservative and extreme scenario. In the first case, only people with a "typical platform job" work on their own. These are professions such as cleaners, catering staff and taxi drivers.

Especially short-term contracts sensitive to the "platform"

In addition, people under fixed-term or flexible contracts are particularly sensitive to the platform economy. For example, it is interesting to use temporary agents as intermediaries via an online platform, so that the agency is removed from the chain as an intermediary

When all temporary workers, posted workers and a number of people who work without a fixed schedule work as zzp "We add 200,000 new independent workers.

In the most extreme scenario, only certain professions are excluded from the platform economy. ING economists believe that the "platform" can not exist in some jobs in the health and administration sectors because social or business risks are too great.

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