It's an indisputable fact that these gig economy jobs provide more flexibility in the form of being able to choose your hours of work.
Is this flexibility a critical motivation to accepting work? For some people, yes. For others, no.
Is unemployment a critical motivation to accepting this type of work? For some people, yes. For others, no.
You want to paint this as black and white when the reality is only SOME of the workforce is faced with unemployment as the only alternative.
My question to you is: Do you know what fraction of gig workers would actually otherwise be unemployed?
If I had to guess, it's a small minority.
It's an indisputable fact that these gig economy jobs provide more flexibility in the form of being able to choose your hours of work.
Is this flexibility a critical motivation to accepting work? For some people, yes. For others, no.
Is unemployment a critical motivation to accepting this type of work? For some people, yes. For others, no.
You want to paint this as black and white when the reality is only SOME of the workforce is faced with unemployment as the only alternative.
My question to you is: Do you know what fraction of gig workers would actually otherwise be unemployed?
If I had to guess, it's a small minority.