Séminaire d’économie de Bordeaux

José de Sousa

LEMMA, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas

Deliver Us from Crime? Online Platforms, Gig Jobs, and Offending

avec Hugo Allouard, Grazia Cecere, Olivier Marie, and Ines Picard

Abstract: We study how the rollout of food-delivery platforms across French cities affects local labour markets and crime. Platform entry  increases the number of registered riders and offers new employment   opportunities for low-skilled workers, especially youth and migrants. Exploiting a staggered difference-in-differences design, we also  observe significant crime declines in cities where these platforms  operate, with the largest drops in violent offences, petty theft,  property damage, and drug crimes. The evidence shows that gig  platforms can broaden access to legal work for marginalised groups and  curb economically motivated offending.

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