Toge­ther with Diana Tran Nhat and Timm Teub­ner (Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­sity Ber­lin), Laura Thä­ter recently published an arti­cle tit­led "The Dua­lity of Repu­ta­tion Por­ta­bi­lity: Inves­ti­ga­ting the Demand Effect of Impor­ted Ratings Across Online Labor Mar­kets" in the jour­nal Elec­tro­nic Mar­kets. 

The paper inves­ti­ga­tes the impact of repu­ta­tion por­ta­bi­lity on demand across online labor mar­kets, par­ti­cu­larly as to how intro­du­cing repu­ta­tion por­ta­bi­lity affects the demand for wor­k­ers and influ­en­ces impor­ted ratings on the demand. The fin­dings sug­gest that while impor­ted ratings sti­mu­late demand, their effect is lower com­pa­red to on-​site ratings, rai­sing con­cerns about poten­tial unin­ten­ded con­se­quen­ces, par­ti­cu­larly favo­ring wor­k­ers who have high rating volu­mes.

The arti­cle is part of a spe­cial issue about social wel­fare com­pu­ting and is openly avail­able (open access).