# Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses his research about wages in the sharing economy

1 December 20, 2015 Stern in the News ![AFP logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033413.jpg?itok=zZaeBEKo)>

Excerpt from [AFP](http://www.jordantimes.com/news/business/sharing-economy-goes-global) -- "[Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) says his research suggests people in digital labour markets often earn more than in traditional jobs. 'The evidence I have seen is that wages tend to go up when the work is related to physical presence,' as is the case with transportation, delivery or home services, he told AFP. With services that can be outsourced to distant locations, such as web design or translation, wages often fell."

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