Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 21-09 // 2021

    Crowdworking in France and Germany

    Crowd work refers to the practice of assigning tasks and projects undertaken for payment to online contributors via digital platforms. We use data from a recent survey among companies in Germany and France to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-075 // 2021

    Healthy Reviews! Online Physician Ratings Reduce Healthcare Interruptions

    We show that review platforms reduce healthcare interruptions for patients looking for a new physician. We employ a difference-in-differences strategy using physician retirements as a “disruptive shock”…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-061 // 2021

    Chat More and Contribute Better: An Empirical Study of a Knowledge-Sharing Community

    We analyze whether an informal second channel for communication can improve the efficiency of knowledge transfer in an electronic network of practice. We explore this question by analyzing the effect of chat…