New questions help ONS measure sharing economy

Thursday 13 Oct 2016 @ 11:15
Office for National Statistics

ONS has yesterday announced plans to introduce new questions to its household and business internet surveys as part of plans to produce standalone statistics on the sharing economy.

The new questions will provide data on the proportion of people and businesses that have arranged accommodation or transport services via platforms such as Airbnb, SpareRoom, Uber and Lyft. ONS currently plans to publish the first estimates of individuals’ use of sharing economy platforms in August 2017.

ONS is also reviewing potential administrative data sources and conducting a pilot study using web scraping to classify sharing economy businesses.

Commenting, senior economist, Michael Hardie said yesterday:

“With the spread of new technologies, people are finding new and innovative ways of doing business. The developments announced today will help ONS measure these new forms of transactions in the modern, digital economy.”

Background Notes

The full ‘The feasibility of measuring the sharing economy – a progress update’ article is available on our website.

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