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EARNINGS AND RATINGS AT GOOGLE ANSWERS
Author(s) -
EDELMAN BENJAMIN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00414.x
Subject(s) - earnings , payment , value (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , business , work (physics) , marketing , economics , actuarial science , advertising , accounting , finance , computer science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , engineering
I analyze questions and answers from Google Answers. More experienced answerers provide answers with the characteristics askers most value, receiving higher ratings as a result. Answerer earnings increase in experience. Answerers who focus on particular question categories provide answers of higher quality but earn lower pay per hour. Answers provided during the business day receive higher payment per hour, but more experienced answerers tend to favor work at other times . ( JEL J22, J31, L14)