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What is the Gig Economy Understanding Independent Contracting and Gig Work in California
Annette Bernhardt
UC Berkeley Labor Center & California Policy LabOctober 1, 2019
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Background: The confusion about gig work
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Slide 3
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How many gig workers are there in the U.S.?
600,000? 55 million?
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1. Conflating different types of work
2. Conflating different ways that workers use independent contracting
Two sources of confusion:
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TYPES OF PAID WORK
Employees
Regular W2 workers
Contracted W2 workers (e.g. working for subcontractors,
franchises or temp agencies)
Traditional On-demand labor
platforms
Independent contractors
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Upshot:
Focus on understanding the full universe of independent contractors, including but not limited to platform workers
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8Source: Jackson, Emilie, Adam Looney, and Shanthi Ramnath (2017)
Workers’ income sources across all jobs in the U.S., 2014
87%
7%
6%
Wages only
Self-employmentincome only
Wages and self-employment income
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Upshot:
Focus on all the ways that workers generate income, not just on their main job
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What we think we know: The basics
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1. Independent contractors do lots of different types of work, for a wide range of earnings
low-wage• Janitors, maids, and housekeepers• Personal care aides, home health aides, childcare workers• Retail sales workers
• Construction trades workers• Beauty salon barber shop and nail salon workers• Truck and taxi drivers
• Real estate brokers and sales agents• Media and communications workers (e.g. motion pictures)• Teachers
• Doctors, nurses and other health practitioners• Lawyers and judges• Computer occupationshigh-wage
• Business operations specialists (e.g., in management consulting)• Financial specialists• Counselors and social workers
Source: Bernhardt and Thomason (2017)
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• In a given month in the U.S, about 1 percent of workers use an on-demand labor platform; the large majority are in transportation
• About two-thirds of users are active 3 months or less
• Labor platform income = about 20% of annual income• But during active months, platform income is about half of earnings
2. On-demand labor platforms = small percent of workforce
Source: Farrell, Greig, and Hamoudi (2018)
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3. Independent contracting is not replacing W2 jobs
Source: Collins et al. (2019)
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• Better data on prevalence and trends over time, including tax data and company administrative data
• Better understanding of how and why workers use gig work as supplemental income
• Better understanding of how workers use gig work throughout the life cycle, including into retirement
• Better data on earnings that accurately take into account costs, e.g. TNC drivers
• Research to document variation in job quality outcomes, especially misclassification
Better data and research are needed
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The state of current research
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Goal: Analyze individual taxpayer data to shed light on independent contracting in California, including on-demand platform work
Data: Individual taxpayer data for the years 2012-2017, including information on wages and salaries; 1099 income; and other sole proprietor income.
CPL project: unique partnership with CA Franchise Tax Board
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1. How many independent contractors are there in California? Have their numbers increased over time?
2. How do workers combine independent contracting (IC) with regular work? Is IC work for supplemental income or main employment?
3. What is the income, demographic, and industry profile of independent contractors?
4. Which industries rely the most on independent contracting? Where have we seen the biggest increases, if at all?
Phase 1 questions
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• IRS audits show significant non-reporting and under-reporting of income by sole proprietors
• Some estimates using Collins et al. (2019) data for California:• 13% of 1099 recipients in 2016 didn’t file taxes• Of 1099 recipients who filed taxes in 2016, 38% didn’t file a Schedule SE
• Our data:• We don’t yet have complete 1099 data, so all of our results to date are incomplete
(we’re only relying on Schedule C to measure independent contracting).
The problem of non- and under-reporting of sole proprietor income
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How many independent contractors were there in California in 2016?
CPL studyIncomplete - does not yet include 1099 data
Percent
W2 only 85.7
Schedule C only 7.9
W2 and Schedule C 6.4
Total 100.0
Source: CPL analysis of California data reported in Collins et al. (2019)Source: CPL analysis of CA taxpayer data
Using Collins (2019) California dataDoes include 1099 data
Percent
W2 only 79.5
Self-employment income only 10.1
Mix of W2 and self-employment 10.4
Total 100.0
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How do workers mix independent contracting and W-2 jobs?
Incomplete -does not yet include 1099 data
Source: CPL analysis of CA taxpayer data
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Sources of workers’ earnings, 2016
Incomplete -does not yet include 1099 data
Row %
Total earnings decile W2 only Schedule C only
W2 and Schedule C
Schedule C medianshare of total earnings
(among mixers)
1 ($1-$7,641) 71.7 23.2 5.0 .40
2 ($7,641-$14,020) 75.8 15.8 8.3 .40
3 ($14,020-$20,558) 80.2 12.1 7.7 .31
4 ($20,558-$27,595) 87.0 7.0 6.0 .17
5 ($27,595-$35,834) 89.1 5.1 5.7 .12
6 ($35,834-$45,896) 90.6 3.8 5.6 .08
7 ($45,896-$59,253) 91.2 3.0 5.7 .06
8 ($59,253-$78,901) 91.4 2.6 6.0 .05
9 ($78,901-$115,795) 91.2 2.4 6.4 .05
10 ($115,795+) 88.8 3.4 7.8 .06
Source: CPL analysis of CA taxpayer data
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• In a given month in California, ~1.3% of workers use an on-demand labor platform; the large majority are in transportation (Farrell, Greig, and Hamoudi 2018)
• This estimate is in line with other studies
• 1099 data are needed to get actual counts of workers
Data on platform workers in California
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Questions?
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Bernhardt, Annette and Sarah Thomason. 2017. What Do We Know About Gig Work in California? An Analysis of Independent Contracting. UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Collins, Brett, Andrew Garin, Emilie Jackson, Dmitri Koustas, and Mark Payne. 2019. “Is Gig Work Replacing Traditional Employment? Evidence from Two Decades of Tax Returns.” IRS SOI Working Paper.
Farrell, Diana, Fiona Greig, and Amar Hamoudi. 2018. The Online Platform Economy in 2018: Drivers, Workers, Sellers, and Lessors. JPMorgan Chase Institute.
Jackson, Emilie, Adam Looney, and Shanthi Ramnath. 2017. “The Rise of Alternative Work Arrangements: Evidence and Implications for Tax Filing and Benefit Coverage.” Working Paper 114. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis.
Sources:
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