# Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why some sharing economy workers may not identify as self-employed

1 Faculty News October 23, 2015 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/how-many-people-work-gig-economy) -- "[Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a business professor at New York University, said there are also people who are working side jobs. 'People who are working part time on things, in their minds, they might not consider it a job,' he said."

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