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      How cities can benefit from the gig economy, America’s fastest growing workforce trend

      From home sharing and ridesharing to freelancing and beyond: What does a new way of working mean for cities?

      Patrick TuoheyLindsey ZeabyPatrick TuoheyandLindsey Zea
      April 6, 2021
      in Economic Prosperity, Research
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      Local and state policies play a significant role in the growth — or underperformance — of America’s fastest-growing workforce trend, according to a new report from Better Cities Project.

      The gig economy is big and growing — even if there is not yet an agreed-upon definition of the term. According to the report’s authors, this offers cities the prospect of added tax revenue and economic resilience. But often, legacy policies hold back gig workers.

      Given the organic growth in gig work and its function as a safety net for millions of workers impacted by the pandemic, it’s reasonable to expect gig-work growth will continue and even speed up; cities with a permissive regulatory structure may be more insulated from economic chaos.

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      Key areas for city leaders to focus on include:

      The gap between regulation and technology can hold citizens back and cost cities tax revenue

      Regulation often lags behind technological innovation and, in the worst circumstances, can threaten to snuff it out. City leaders should ensure their policies provide people the opportunity to choose between different models of work — including models that may provide flexibility and opportunity but maybe not the stability and benefits of traditional employment. Having choices can encourage individual innovation for workers and for municipal economies.

      Some cities leverage the gig economy better than others — and policy decisions are key

      The rankings shown in this report have a lot of inputs — state policy and local economic conditions, to name but two. It’s important to ask: Is your city’s position the result of demand for gig work? Or have policies discouraged flexible work options for some even if they were well-intended?

      Gig work is neither a fad nor something policymakers should reject in pursuit of undefined “good jobs.” Any workforce trend that has been embraced by millions of workers across the country deserves thoughtful, enabling policy from local leaders. And any city, armed with the recommendations in this report, has the tools to help its gig economy thrive.

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      Patrick Tuohey

      Patrick Tuohey

      Patrick Tuohey is co-founder and policy director of the Better Cities Project. He works with taxpayers, media, and policymakers to foster understanding of the consequences — sometimes unintended — of policies regarding economic development, taxation, education, and transportation. He also serves as a senior fellow of municipal policy at the Show-Me Institute, free-market public policy think tank focused on Missouri.

      Lindsey Zea

      Lindsey Zea

      Lindsey is a policy analyst at the Better Cities Project. She studies the why behind problems that large cities encounter and is developing expertise on fresh policy solutions that improve cities. Previously, Lindsey was a research and policy intern with the Libertas Institute, a state think tank, in Utah. While there, she undertook research to support upcoming legislation, helped write op-eds, and contributed to other team projects. Most recently, Lindsey has spent the last year as a policy and research lead for the Madison Liberty Institute in Idaho.

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