%0 Journal Article %1 berg2019working %A Berg, Janine %A Furrer, Marianne %A Harmon, Ellie %A Rani, Uma %A Silberman, Michael "Six" %D 2019 %J Vox CEPR Policy Portal %K decent_work ilo microtasks platform_work working_conditions %T Working conditions on digital labour platforms: Opportunities, challenges, and the quest for decent work %U https://voxeu.org/article/working-conditions-digital-labour-platforms %X Cross-border, digital labour platforms permit real-time hiring for a range of jobs, from IT programming to graphic design, copywriting and routine clerical tasks. But little is known about working conditions on these platforms or about their employees. This column begins to fill that gap in the scholarship using an ILO survey of 3,500 workers from 75 countries and five major microtask platforms. It finds that even workers who perform valuable labour for successful companies often do so for low wages and without the protections of a regulated employment relationship.

@article{berg2019working, abstract = {Cross-border, digital labour platforms permit real-time hiring for a range of jobs, from IT programming to graphic design, copywriting and routine clerical tasks. But little is known about working conditions on these platforms or about their employees. This column begins to fill that gap in the scholarship using an ILO survey of 3,500 workers from 75 countries and five major microtask platforms. It finds that even workers who perform valuable labour for successful companies often do so for low wages and without the protections of a regulated employment relationship.}, added-at = {2019-10-09T10:23:04.000+0200}, author = {Berg, Janine and Furrer, Marianne and Harmon, Ellie and Rani, Uma and Silberman, Michael "Six"}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2023cbfb9307f632c0d05f6bf5d6a9901/meneteqel}, interhash = {58bd9f0dd35605fd70334395e1c1de81}, intrahash = {023cbfb9307f632c0d05f6bf5d6a9901}, journal = {Vox CEPR Policy Portal}, keywords = {decent_work ilo microtasks platform_work working_conditions}, language = {eng}, month = sep, timestamp = {2019-10-09T10:23:04.000+0200}, title = {Working conditions on digital labour platforms: Opportunities, challenges, and the quest for decent work}, url = {https://voxeu.org/article/working-conditions-digital-labour-platforms}, year = 2019 }