英文标题：
《Self-respecting worker in the gig economy: A dynamic principal-agent
model》
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作者：
Zsolt Bihary, P\\\'eter Cs\\\'oka, P\\\'eter Ker\\\'enyi and Alexander
Szimayer
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最新提交年份：
2021
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英文摘要：
We introduce a dynamic principal-agent model to understand the nature of contracts between an employer and an independent gig worker. We model the worker\'s self-respect with an endogenous participation constraint; he accepts a job offer if and only if its utility is at least as large as his reference value, which is based on the average of previously realized wages. If the dynamically changing reference value capturing the worker\'s demand is too high, then no contract is struck until the reference value hits a threshold. Below the threshold, contracts are offered and accepted, and the worker\'s wage demand follows a stochastic process. We apply our model to different labor market structures and investigate first-best and second-best solutions. We show that a far-sighted employer may sacrifice instantaneous profit to regulate the agent\'s demand. Employers who can afford to stall production due to a lower subjective discount rate will obtain higher profits. Our model captures the worker\'s bargaining power by a vulnerability parameter that measures the rate at which his wage demand decreases when unemployed. With a low vulnerability parameter, the worker can afford to go unemployed and need not take a job at all costs. Conversely, a worker with high vulnerability can be exploited by the employer, and in this case our model also exhibits self-exploitation.
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中文摘要：
我们引入了一个动态委托代理模型来理解雇主和独立的临时工之间合同的性质。我们将员工的自尊建模为内生参与约束；当且仅当其效用至少与参考值（基于之前实现的平均工资）一样大时，他才接受工作邀请。如果捕获工人需求的动态变化参考值过高，则在参考值达到阈值之前，不会签订任何合同。在阈值以下，提供并接受合同，工人的工资需求遵循随机过程。我们将我们的模型应用于不同的劳动力市场结构，并研究第一最佳和第二最佳解决方案。我们证明了一个有远见的雇主可能会牺牲瞬时利润来调节代理人的需求。由于主观折扣率较低而有能力暂停生产的雇主将获得较高的利润。我们的模型通过一个脆弱性参数捕捉工人的议价能力，该参数衡量失业时工人工资需求下降的速度。由于脆弱性参数较低，工人可以负担得起失业，无需不惜一切代价接受工作。相反，脆弱性高的工人可能会被雇主利用，在这种情况下，我们的模型也显示了自我剥削。
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分类信息：

一级分类：Economics 经济学
二级分类：General Economics 一般经济学
分类描述：General methodological, applied, and empirical contributions to economics.
对经济学的一般方法、应用和经验贡献。
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一级分类：Quantitative Finance 数量金融学
二级分类：Economics 经济学
分类描述：q-fin.EC is an alias for econ.GN. Economics, including micro and macro economics, international economics, theory of the firm, labor economics, and other economic topics outside finance
q-fin.ec是econ.gn的别名。经济学，包括微观和宏观经济学、国际经济学、企业理论、劳动经济学和其他金融以外的经济专题
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