Link to the original paper: http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/PDFs/Zoepf_The%20Economics%20of%20RideHialing_OriginalPdfFeb2018.pdf http://orfe.

Link to the original paper: http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/PDFs/Zoepf_The%20Economics%20of%20RideHialing_OriginalPdfFeb2018.pdf http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/PDFs/Zoep... Link to the PDF of the revision comment: http://ceepr.mit.edu/files/papers/2018-005%20Authors%20Statement.pdf http://ceepr.mit.edu/files/papers/2018-005%20Authors%20State... > Using Method 1, and following Hall’s advice not to adjust income, Median profit rises to $8.55/hour from the $3.37 initially reported. For 54% of drivers, profit per hour is less than 2016 minimum wage in their state. 8% of drivers lose money. > Using Method 2, median profit rises to $10/hour. For 41% of drivers, profit per hour is less than 2016 minimum wage in their state. 4% of drivers lose money. I find it odd that the median is reported so prominently. I'd be far more interested in the mean (though I realize that could be misleading if not weighted by total hours and/or income). It's also unclear if the minimum wage threshold was naive and equated dollars per hour in profit with the hourly wage number or accounted for things like employer-paid payroll taxes and mandatory insurance (e.g. unemployment, workers comp).