Shivansh Kapoor

MLA 8
Kapoor, Shivansh. "Role of the Gig Economy in Developed and Developing Economies: What Is and Has Been the Impact of This Sector on Economic Mobility and Contribution to the Country's GDP? A Case Study of India and the USA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 8, Aug. 2026, pp. 3792-3808, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.012. Accessed Aug. 2026.
APA 6
Kapoor, S. (2026, August). Role of the Gig Economy in Developed and Developing Economies: What Is and Has Been the Impact of This Sector on Economic Mobility and Contribution to the Country's GDP? A Case Study of India and the USA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(8), 3792-3808. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.012
Chicago
Kapoor, Shivansh. "Role of the Gig Economy in Developed and Developing Economies: What Is and Has Been the Impact of This Sector on Economic Mobility and Contribution to the Country's GDP? A Case Study of India and the USA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 8 (August 2026), 3792-3808. Accessed August, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i08.012.

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