Paper: "Digital labour and development: impacts of global digital labour platforms and the gig economy on worker livelihoods"
*Digital labour and development: impacts of global digital labour platforms and the gig economy on worker livelihoods** * Mark Graham, Isis Hjorth, Vili Lehdonvirta First Published March 16, 2017 Research Article *Abstract** * As ever more policy-makers, governments and organisations turn to the gig economy and digital labour as an economic development strategy to bring jobs to places that need them, it becomes important to understand better how this might influence the livelihoods of workers. Drawing on a multi-year study with digital workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-east Asia, this article highlights four key concerns for workers: bargaining power, economic inclusion, intermediated value chains, and upgrading. The article shows that although there are important and tangible benefits for a range of workers, there are also a range of risks and costs that unduly affect the livelihoods of digital workers. Building on those concerns, it then concludes with a reflection on four broad strategies – certification schemes, organising digital workers, regulatory strategies and democratic control of online labour platforms – that could be employed to improve conditions and livelihoods for digital workers. […] Continua qui: http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/3FMTvCNPJ4SkhW9tgpWP/full
On 2017-06-10 14:13, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: molto interessante, grazie e... una promozione inevitabile. Questa parte qui:
... it then concludes with a reflection on four broad strategies – certification schemes, organising digital workers, regulatory strategies and democratic control of online labour platforms – that could be employed to improve conditions and livelihoods for digital workers.
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