This article discusses trends in alternative work arrangements in the United States using
data from the Contingent Worker Survey (CWS) supplements to the Current Population …

To monitor trends in alternative work arrangements, the authors conducted a version of the
Contingent Worker Survey as part of the RAND American Life Panel in late 2015. Their …

A growing number of American workers earn income outside of traditional employee-
employer relationships through self-employment and business ownership. In 2014, 24.9 …

The share of US workers in alternative work arrangements has increased substantially in
recent decades. Micro longitudinal analyses show that unemployed workers are much more …

The proportion of the workforce consisting of independent contractors, on-call workers,
temps, and contractors is small, and the shares of these workers are not growing, according …

We examine the universe of tax returns in order to reconcile seemingly contradictory facts
about the rise of alternative work arrangements in the United States. Focusing on workers in …

The notion of regular, full-time employment as one of the defining features of the US
economy has been called into question in recent years by the apparent growth of alternative …

Has the era of lifetime jobs in the United States vanished and, in its stead, a" justin-time" age
of" disposable" workers appeared? Even though the majority of studies have found no …

The Current Population Survey (CPS) is the source of official US labor force statistics. The
wording of the CPS employment questions may not always cue respondents to include …

The nature of self-employment is changing in most OECD countries. Solo self-employment is
increasing relative to self-employment with dependent employees, often being associated …