“We find evidence that drivers experienced more unpaid idle time and longer distances driven between tasks…Using a simple model of the labor market for platform delivery drivers, we show that our evidence is consistent with free entry of drivers into the delivery market driving down the task-finding rate until expected earnings return to their pre-reform level.”

I thought the effect would be take-home pay remaining constant because hours worked fell. This is sort of worse, unless idling isn’t really an issue for a gig worker.