Workers in the Crowd: The Labour Market Impact of the Online Platform Economy

Cantarella, Michele; Strozzi, Chiara

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3390316

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“…These studies mostly examined job generation in the platform economy and the role of digital technology in replacing the labor force. It was found that the platform economy could create numerous jobs (Hann et al, 2011), promote fl exible jobs (also called crowded work and the gig economy), and enrich work content, thereby increasing earning sources (Cantarella and Strozzi, 2019). Regarding technological innovation, the digital economy has an important impact on global enterprises, skills, and employment restructuring (OECD, 2016a).…”

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Does Fintech Narrow the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from China

Guo

Chen

Zeng

2021

China and World Economy

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Information and communication technology promotes the rapid development of fintech, which has a far‐reaching impact on wage distribution in China. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey and the Index of Digital Financial Inclusion, this study examines the impact of fintech on the gender wage gap. We find that fintech (i) narrows the gender wage gap; (ii) reduces capital constraints and operating costs, thereby promoting female entrepreneurship, driving more women into employment, and enabling women to increase their wages and bargaining power within the household; and (iii) positively impacts the wages of women (and men) who have lower family economic status, and helps women (but not men) counter the risk of decline in wages caused by childbearing and caring under the two‐child policy. These findings have important policy implications and provide evidence of women's improving economic conditions leading to a reduced gender wage gap.

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Section: Literature Review and Conceptual Analysis 1 Literature Reviewmentioning

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Does Fintech Narrow the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from China

Guo

Chen

Zeng

2021

China and World Economy

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“…Cantarella and Strozi (2019: p. 2) define crowdwork as an "employment form that uses online platforms to enable organisations or individuals to access an indefinite and unknown group of other organisations or individuals to solve specific problems or to provide specific services or products in exchange for payment". Cantarella and Strozi's (2019) definition of crowdwork also highlights the fluidity of digital platform work. The priority being getting tasks done, with little focus on digital worker's rights, long-term job security or welfare.…”

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24/7 Digital Work-Based Spy: The Effects of Technological Panopticism on Workers in the Digital Age

Duke

2022

J. Labor Soc.

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This paper is delivered from a conceptual theoretical review of grey literature: identifying key concepts and pragmatic policy interventions, which are required to address various aspects of the digital workforce. The main objective and purpose of this study is to analyze then articulate how technological panopticism, digital surveillance has changed the world of work. The study alerts us to the significant changes in work relations, which have been imposed by the digital age. At a nascent level society is asked to consider; how prepared are we to address the effects of technological panopticism on the mental (and physical) wellbeing of digital workers. On a nuanced basis the study fulfils another societal role: acting to introduce consideration of the digital surveillance aspects of how interaction with artificial intelligence and/or the internet of things could develop in the 2020s.

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Automating the Welfare State: Consequences and Challenges for the Organisation of Solidarity

Lancker

2020

Shifting Solidarities

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Workers in the Crowd: The Labour Market Impact of the Online Platform Economy

Cited by 4 publications

References 58 publications

Does Fintech Narrow the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from China

Does Fintech Narrow the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from China

24/7 Digital Work-Based Spy: The Effects of Technological Panopticism on Workers in the Digital Age

Automating the Welfare State: Consequences and Challenges for the Organisation of Solidarity

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