Worker Utility as Hysteresis: A Preisach Model of Transaction Acceptance in Gig Labour Markets
Worker utility is not observed -- only its consequence is. Each gig transaction produces a single bit: accepted or rejected. We argue this structure points directly to the Preisach hysteresis model as the natural representation of latent worker preferences. The Preisach operator models aggregate output as an integral over a population of binary threshold elements -- precisely the structure that emerges when heterogeneous workers each carry a private acceptance wage. We estimate two latent utility surfaces: acceptance utility U_1(X) and rejection utility U_0(X), via a dual-output neural network (shared layers 256->128, margin loss enforcing U_1 >= U_0). Classification reduces to the Preisa...
| Authors | Piotr Frydrych |
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| Primary category | cs.LG |
| Published | 3 June 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 3 June 2026 |
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