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Competition in online job marketplaces: towards a global labour market for outsourcing services?

BEEREPOOT, NIELS, LAMBREGTS, BART·2015·Global Networks
DOI 10.1111/glob.12051
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Abstract A new form of service outsourcing has emerged, namely the global online job marketplace for freelance contractors. Such platforms are currently the closest proxy to the idea of a global labour market where everyone competes for jobs regardless of location. In this article, we examine how competition manifests itself on one such global online platform, namely oDesk. We present a comparative analysis of the relative wages and the rewarding of skills and expertise of contractors from selected countries and investigate whether, via labour arbitrage, wage convergence takes place between Western and developing countries. We find that wage convergence is noticeable but experience and skills hardly translate into better remuneration. While service outsourcing (or microwork) via global online marketplaces provides new employment opportunities for freelancers around the world, the intense competition and the inherent restrictions of this type of marketplace limit the financial gains for most contractors.

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  1. Freeman R., 2008, The new global labor market, Focus, 26, 1
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Authors
BEEREPOOT, N., & LAMBREGTS, B.
Affiliations
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Kasetsart University (TH)
Corresponding author
BEEREPOOT, NIELS
ORCID
BEEREPOOT, NIELS
Venue
Global Networks
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-03-31
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
236-255
ISSN
  • 1470-2266 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0374
DOI
10.1111/glob.12051
OpenAlex
W2117337595
Cited by
154
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 6
FWCI
16.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Global Networks (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
Keywords
service outsourcing, microwork, global labor market, wage convergence, relative wages, cross-border competition, developing countries

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