This thesis examines how labour market institutions shape the regulation and consequences of platform work in Italy and Spain, with particular attention to employment classification, algorithmic management, and labour-market dualization. It argues that the platform economy should be understood not simply as a form of digital innovation, but as a mode of labour coordination in which market intermediation and managerial control increasingly converge. Using a comparative institutional approach, the study analyses legal frameworks, policy developments, and labour-market indicators to assess how the two countries respond to platform-mediated work. (OECD, ILO and European Union, 2023; Baiocco and Fernández-Macías, 2022) The findings show that Spain has developed a more explicit and coherent regulatory response, especially through the Riders’ Law and stronger transparency provisions, while Italy has relied more on fragmented judicial and enforcement-based intervention. The thesis concludes that the effects of platformisation are not technologically predetermined but depend on the capacity of labour institutions to identify hidden control, reduce misclassification, and extend effective protection to workers. More broadly, the study highlights that the future governance of platform work will depend on how law, collective bargaining, and public institutions adapt to increasingly algorithmic forms of managerial authority. (Todolí-Signes, 2021; European Labour Authority, 2025; Eurofound, 2025a)
Questa tesi esamina come le istituzioni del mercato del lavoro influenzino la regolazione e le conseguenze del lavoro su piattaforma in Italia e in Spagna, con particolare attenzione alla classificazione occupazionale, alla gestione algoritmica e alla dualizzazione del mercato del lavoro. Essa sostiene che l’economia delle piattaforme non debba essere interpretata semplicemente come una forma di innovazione digitale, ma come una modalità di coordinamento del lavoro in cui l’intermediazione di mercato e il controllo manageriale tendono sempre più a convergere. Utilizzando un approccio istituzionale comparato, lo studio analizza i quadri giuridici, gli sviluppi delle politiche e gli indicatori del mercato del lavoro per valutare come i due Paesi rispondano al lavoro mediato da piattaforme (OECD, ILO and European Union, 2023; Baiocco e Fernández-Macías, 2022). I risultati mostrano che la Spagna ha sviluppato una risposta regolatoria più esplicita e coerente, in particolare attraverso la “Ley Rider” e disposizioni più forti in materia di trasparenza, mentre l’Italia ha fatto maggiormente affidamento su interventi frammentati di natura giudiziaria e di enforcement. La tesi conclude che gli effetti della piattaformizzazione non sono tecnologicamente predeterminati, ma dipendono dalla capacità delle istituzioni del lavoro di individuare forme di controllo occulto, ridurre la falsa classificazione e garantire una protezione effettiva ai lavoratori. Più in generale, lo studio evidenzia che la futura governance del lavoro su piattaforma dipenderà da come il diritto, la contrattazione collettiva e le istituzioni pubbliche si adatteranno a forme sempre più algoritmiche di autorità manageriale (Todolí-Signes, 2021; European Labour Authority, 2025; Eurofound, 2025a).
Platform Economy and Labour. The Impact of he Platform Economy on Labour Market Institutions
TEWATIA, KHUSHI
2025/2026
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This thesis examines how labour market institutions shape the regulation and consequences of platform work in Italy and Spain, with particular attention to employment classification, algorithmic management, and labour-market dualization. It argues that the platform economy should be understood not simply as a form of digital innovation, but as a mode of labour coordination in which market intermediation and managerial control increasingly converge. Using a comparative institutional approach, the study analyses legal frameworks, policy developments, and labour-market indicators to assess how the two countries respond to platform-mediated work. (OECD, ILO and European Union, 2023; Baiocco and Fernández-Macías, 2022) The findings show that Spain has developed a more explicit and coherent regulatory response, especially through the Riders’ Law and stronger transparency provisions, while Italy has relied more on fragmented judicial and enforcement-based intervention. The thesis concludes that the effects of platformisation are not technologically predetermined but depend on the capacity of labour institutions to identify hidden control, reduce misclassification, and extend effective protection to workers. More broadly, the study highlights that the future governance of platform work will depend on how law, collective bargaining, and public institutions adapt to increasingly algorithmic forms of managerial authority. (Todolí-Signes, 2021; European Labour Authority, 2025; Eurofound, 2025a)| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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