Although sharing economy is believed to lead to various impacts, few studies attempted to analyse the welfare impact of sharing-based services particularly in the context of emerging economies. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the impacts of sharing-based transportation services in Indonesia towards behaviour and welfare of the workers. The impacts are framed by using the Maqasid Shariah perspective, in which the welfare changes are analysed from religious (din), economic (maal), health (nafs), education ('aql), and family (nasl) dimensions. Further, to achieve the objective, the study collected relevant primary data from 103 drivers-partners of GO-JEK and Grab, which are the main providers of sharing-based transportation services in the country. The primary data are then analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The survey results suggest that the new economic platforms have enabled increase of welfare in every dimensions of the Maqasid Shariah. The highest impacts are felt in religious and economic dimensions, while the smallest impact is found in health dimension. Overall, the findings are expected to provide more insights regarding the nature and impacts of sharing-based economy, particularly in the transportation services in Indonesia, and trigger more productive future discussions on sharing economy.
Abstract-Sharing economy is an emerging economic platform believed to bring a major change due to its potential to resolve market inefficiency issues. The concept is presumably related to the Islamic microeconomic concepts, particularly huquq (multi interest) and maslahah (greatest benefit). Therefore, the study aims to determine the demand of sharing-based transportation services in Indonesia and subsequently examine the influence of socioreligious preference (constructed based the aforementioned Islamic consumer values) on such demand. This study uses quantitative approach and collects primary data from 1209 respondents. The data obtained are analyzed by using Factor Analysis and inferential statistics. Preliminary result indicates trust, service quality and tariff as key factors influencing demand for online transportation services. It is also found that there is a different preference between users in religious group and less religious groups. More religious consumers are more concerned about environment compared to the counterpart. However, in other aspects, no significant difference is found between the two groups. Overall, the results of this study are expected to enrich the literature in sharing-based economy studies and become input for sharing-based transportation service providers, government, academics and other related parties.
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