WHEN UBER COMES TO TOWN: WHAT IT MEANS FOR WORKERS: A RESEARCH SHOWCASE AND DISCUSSION WITH KATIE WELLS
To be an Uber driver is to work when you want: "Earn money on your own schedule." But are the promises of the gig economy too good to be true?
Join us for a research showcase and discussion with KI fellow Katie Wells based on her findings from in-depth interviews with 40 Uber drivers and 20 policymakers in the Washington D.C. metro area.
Katie Wells is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. She holds a Ph.D in Geography and specializes in urban development, public policy, labor, and transit.
