Phase 3: What’s driving microwork
The research team identified what’s driving microwork by analyzing the signals and developing a set of 12 trends. Next, we identified the six change drivers.
TWIG’s microwork reading list
Getting apples-to-apples data about worker demographics is challenging. Here are the team’s top 12 resources.
Microtasking as a quick fix to ease the cash crunch
Signals sprinter Valeria Gallo Montero views microtasking as a sharing economy trend and a quick fix to ease the cash crunch.
Students making extra money by microtasking
U of T student describes conversations about students making extra money with microwork as part of the signals assignment with Professor Michelle Buckley.
Five questions about microwork
Human service agencies are curious about microtasking platforms. They also want to know which employers use microtasking in their supply chain.
Publications
2020
Microtasking Project
2019-2020
Local Labour Market Plan
2019
Pathways to Mobility
2019
TWIG Warehousing and Distribution
2019
Making immigration work for all of Ontario
2019
Local Labour Market Plan 2018-2019
2019
Retail Trade: A sector in transition
2018
Food and Beverage Processing Sector
2018
Stemming the Gray Tide
2018
Labour Force Landscape
2017
lLongitudinal study of the long-term unemployed
2017
Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry
2016
Toronto's Employment and Training Program
2015
Toronto's Labour Market
2015
Constructing Toronto
