Participation in the Sharing Economy

41 Pages Posted: 6 May 2017

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Alberta Andreotti

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Guido Anselmi

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Thomas Eichhorn

University of Leipzig

Christian Pieter Hoffmann

University of Leipzig

Marina Micheli

European Union - Joint Research Center

Date Written: May 2, 2017

Abstract

This report gives an in-depth overview of the topic of participation in the sharing economy. It forms one part of a European Union Horizon 2020 Research Project on the sharing economy: "Ps2Share Participation, Privacy, and Power in the Sharing Economy". We aim to foster awareness of the consequences of the sharing economy for the way people behave, think, interact, and socialize across Europe. Our overarching objective is to identify key challenges of the sharing economy and improve Europe’s digital services through providing recommendations to Europe’s institutions. The initial stage of this research project involves a set of three literature reviews of the state of research on three core topics in relation to the sharing economy: participation (1), privacy (2), and power (3). This piece is a literature review on the topic of participation. It summarizes previous research on the antecedents of participation in the sharing economy, including factors such as age, gender, socio-economic status, attitudes, motivations, Internet skills and urbanity. It also looks at the outcomes of participation in the sharing economy in terms of economic and noneconomic outcomes including factors such as social capital, trust and reputation. By assessing the drivers and barriers to participation in the sharing economy, as well as the outcomes, it sheds light on points of intervention for policy and directions for future research.

Keywords: Sharing Economy, Participation, Digital Divide, Gender, Motives, Attitudes, Trust, Social Capital, Uber, Airbnb

Suggested Citation

Andreotti, Alberta and Anselmi, Guido and Eichhorn, Thomas and Hoffmann, Christian Pieter and Micheli, Marina, Participation in the Sharing Economy (May 2, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2961745 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2961745

Alberta Andreotti

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca ( email )

Milano
Italy

Guido Anselmi

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca ( email )

Milano
Italy

Thomas Eichhorn

University of Leipzig ( email )

Marschnerstrasse 31
D-04109 Leipzig, 04109
Germany

Christian Pieter Hoffmann (Contact Author)

University of Leipzig ( email )

Marschnerstrasse 31
D-04109 Leipzig, 04109
Germany

Marina Micheli

European Union - Joint Research Center ( email )

Via Enrico Fermi 2749 Ispra VA
Ispra (VA), 21027
Italy

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