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T1  - Investigating mechanisms in the growth of income inequality : outsourcing and market concentration in the platform economy 
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UR  - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202007073625; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317473 
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A1  - Bassett, Eli 
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PB  - Helsingin yliopisto 
Y1  - 2020 
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AB  - The platform economy has emerged in the past two decades to become a remarkably profitable and increasingly global industry. The explosive growth of platform firms can be attributed to the outsourcing of almost all aspects of business operations to minimize costs. This is coupled by their motivation to grow rapidly to capture disproportionately large market shares. Consequently, platform firms have become global behemoths, and the labor which sustains their growth has come to be known as “gig wo... 
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KW  - Income inequality; platform economy; outsourcing; market concentration; neoliberalism; Amazon; Uber; DoorDash; Global and Political Economy; Global and Political Economy; Global and Political Economy; Globaalin politiikan ja kommunikaation maisteriohjelma; Master's Programme in Global Politics and Communication; Magisterprogrammet i global politik och kommunikation 
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