The impact of sharing economy on local employment: Evidence from Airbnb

Jianwei Liu; Karen Xie; Qiang Ye; Dong Jing

The impact of sharing economy on local employment: Evidence from Airbnb

Jianwei Liu^*
, Karen Xie
, Qiang Ye
, Dong Jing

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Management

Harbin Institute of Technology
University of Denver

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Abstract

A growing literature has documented the impact of home sharing. We study a new externality in which local people can enjoy more job opportunities because of the entry of home sharing. Using data from Airbnb and employing a quasi-experimental design, we find the following evidences. We find that home sharing provides more employment options to locals especially for less-education and low-income population. As home sharing becomes an incentive for local employment, our study provides important understanding of home sharing and its implications to local welfare, Airbnb hosts, and policy makers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	805-809
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB)
Volume	2018-December
State	Published - 2018
Event	18th International Conference on Electronic Business, ICEB 2018 - Guangxi, China Duration: 2 Dec 2018 → 6 Dec 2018

Keywords

Airbnb
Education
Home-sharing
Income
Local employment

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The impact of sharing economy on local employment: Evidence from Airbnb

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