Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: A New Research Agenda for Labour Economics

Abstract

Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) are a new type of organisational structure and a new type of labour market. We review several theories from industrial and labour economics about contemporary post-industrial labour markets and assesses their applicability in emerging DAO labour markets. The review suggests a need for new theoretical frameworks to analyse the new forms of DAO employment, as well as a need for empirical research and new data collection methodologies fit for DAO digital labour economics.