My research uses economics to explore the growing phenomena of people working online. I use a broad definition of "working" that includes all Internet-mediated activity—paid or unpaid—that produces useful goods. 

My interests include: 

• Online labor markets that bear a close resemblance to traditional markets
• Open source software development and other collaborative projects run along open source lines
• Games-With-A-Purpose/Human Computation   

Across all of these domains, I'm interested in classic labor topics: 

• How do workers make labor supply decisions? 
• What determines prices? 
• How do workers find jobs and how to employers find workers? 
• What features and institutions of online markets allow participants to overcome informational asymmetries?  

I am also interested in the public policy and management implications of online work. Remote work can give people far greater flexibility and freedom, and yet remote work also raises questions: 

• What happens to employer mandated benefits? 
• How should unemployment insurance work when workers hold a portfolio of jobs? 
• Who should pay taxes? 
• How should managers manage a remote team?