ABSTRACT. Insights from literature (e.g. Frenken, 2017; Habibi, Davidson, and Laroche, 2017; Kumar, Lahiri, and Dogan, 2018; Schor, 2017, etc.) suggest that the sharing economy should not be disunited from the labor market framework in which it activates. Using various data, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding the proportion of online consumers eager to take part in sharing groups, clarifying that for-profit platforms may generate economic benefits by substituting traditional economic activity with cutting-edge technologies and groundbreaking business patterns.
JEL codes: L14; L86

Keywords: sharing economy; labor market; exchange; consumption

How to cite: Popescu, Gheorghe H. (2018). “Participation in the Sharing Economy: Labor, Exchange, and Consumption. An Empirical Analysis,” Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics 6(1): 122–127.

Received 9 January 2018 • Received in revised form 11 March 2018
Accepted 15 March 2018 • Available online 28 March 2018

doi:10.22381/JSME6120185