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Ride Sharing Continues Rapid Grow

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adults say they have ever used a ride-hailing service such as Uber or Lyft, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2018. By comparison, just 15% of Americans said they had used these services in late 2015, and one-third had never heard of ride-hailing before." Today, 36% of U.S.

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Half of U.S. Full-Time Employees Plan to Defer Retirement Due to Financial Reasons

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The study is based on a survey of 2,675 adult Americans with a full-time job at companies with at least two employees. It shows that 52% of the full-time employees surveyed said they plan to postpone their retirement due to their financial situation. This is up from just 37% in 2015. MetLife recently released their 2019 U.S.

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The On-Demand Workforce Continues to Expand

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  For this year's study we surveyed 6,247 independent workers who find work assigments via twelve on-demand economy and online talent marketplaces. Federal Reserve survey reported encountering a financial emergency. This was the 2nd year of this study and the 2015 study used the same methodology. 20 and Nov.

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The Rise of Solopreneur Manufacturing Companies

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Federal Reserve study  2015 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Non-Employer Firms  also found a high rate of contract worker usage by non-employers. This is the equivalent of hiring about 2.3 million full-time workers. The recently released U.S

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Is the Gig Economy a "Big Nothingburger"?

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In their paper Katz and Krueger say the estimates of the size and growth of the gig economy in their 2015 study were too high. This study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month." This was due to data challenges and business cycle effects. 

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Time on Happy Independent Workers and Survivor Bias

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Time's This is Why You Should Consider Dumping Your Traditional Job covers data from the 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence study showing that 79% of independent workers are happier working on their own.  Prior to this survey, we conducted a screening survey (1006 respondents, margin of error +/-3%) to size this population.

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Coworking, Independent Work and Happiness

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The 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence survey results , which we worked on with MBO Partners, shows that most independent workers report being happier (79%) and healthier (59%) working on their own. .   Two recent studies reinforce our view that independent workers, on average, are happier than traditional employees.

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