Worker demographics and earnings on amazon mechanical turk: An exploratory analysis

Worker demographics and earnings on amazon mechanical turk: An exploratory analysis

Prior research reported that workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) are underpaid, earning about $2/h. But the prior research did not investigate the difference in wage due to worker characteristics (e.g., country of residence). We present the first data-driven analysis on wage gap on AMT. Using wo...

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Main Authors: HARA, Kotaro, MILLAND, Kristy, HANRAHAN, Benjamin V., CALLISON-BURCH, Chris, ADAMS, Abigail, SAVAGE, Saiph, BIGHAM, Jeffrey P.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
Subjects:
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Crowdsourcing
Hourly wage
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Computer and Systems Architecture
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4402
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5405/viewcontent/worker_demographics.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Prior research reported that workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) are underpaid, earning about $2/h. But the prior research did not investigate the difference in wage due to worker characteristics (e.g., country of residence). We present the first data-driven analysis on wage gap on AMT. Using work log data and demographic data collected via online survey, we analyse the gap in wage due to different factors. We show that there is indeed wage gap; for example, workers in the U.S. earn $3.01/h while those in India earn $1.41/h on average.

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