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The

growth

of the The digital technology revolution a considerable percentage of the

has paved the way for connecting
workforce engages in gig work
an unprecedented number of
showing the significant presence
clients and service providers, in mature and emerging markets
fostering the gig economy's
of the gig economy. Remarkably,
GIG growth worldwide. There were the interest in gig work, as the
primary and secondary income,
55 million gig economy partici-
is higher in emerging markets
pants in the USA in 2017, and the
gig economy is growing three
times faster than the USA's than mature markets. Also, gig
economic activities bolster vari-
conventional economic model
ous industries such as IT, data
Economy (Duszyński, 2020). Interestingly, processing, mobility, delivery,
education, agriculture, retail, and
the gig economy's proportion is
many more (BCG, 2019). All in
high in emerging economies such
as China, India, Singapore, and
in both developed economies
Brazil than in developed econo- all, the gig economy is growing
mies such as the US, Germany, and developing economies and it
Sweden, the UK, and Spain is spreading across varying
(BCG, 2019). Table 1 shows that industries.

Table 1: Percentage of the workforce in different economies using gig
work as primary and secondary income sources.
Market /Income Source Primary Secondary
Income Income

Mature Markets (the USA, The
UK, Germany, Sweeden, Spain) 1 - 4% 3 - 12 %

Emerging Markets (China, India, 3 - 10% 13 - 33 %
Indonesia, Brazil)
Source: BCG 2019, Future of work 2018 worker survey

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