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Trajectories of Platform-mediated Gig Work in Nordic Taxi and Food Delivery Industries
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2360-5630
Halmstad University, School of Education, Humanities and Social Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2941-0647
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6129-6891
University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1680-3823
2025 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, E-ISSN 2245-0157, p. 1-24Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

While the Nordic labor market model is renowned for providing ‘good’ jobs, we have over the last decade nonetheless seen the rise of platform-mediated gig work, associated with relatively precarious working conditions, in the Nordic countries. Analyzing the emergence and development of platform-mediated gig work in the taxi and food delivery industries in Denmark, Finland, Norway,and Sweden, this article identifies four trajectories: Evasion, disruption, adaption, and market exit. It shows that gig platforms established themselves in the ‘fringes’ of the Nordic labor market model, evaded regulations by classifying workers as self-employed contractors, recruited workers from marginalized segments of the labor force, and provoked regulatory responses that deregulatedmarkets to facilitate their business model. The analysis thus highlights the importance of product market regulations in shaping the development of platform-mediated gig work and emphasizes the segmented nature of the Nordic labor market model. ©2020 Author and Journal.

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Roskilde: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies , 2025. p. 1-24
Keywords [en]
Labor market, institutions and social Partners, comparative analysis, Nordic labor market model, policy and regulation, platform work, precarious work, work and technology
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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Smart Cities and Communities, TRAINS
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55331DOI: 10.18291/njwls.152855OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-55331DiVA, id: diva2:1931922
Available from: 2025-01-28 Created: 2025-01-28 Last updated: 2025-10-01Bibliographically approved

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