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Distancing bonus or downscaling loss? The changing livelihood of US online workers in times of COVID-19
- Abstract:
- We draw on data from the Online Labour Index and interviews with freelancers in the United States securing work on online platforms, to illuminate effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The pandemic's global economic upheaval is shuttering shops and offices. Those able to do so are now working remotely from their homes. They join workers who have always been working remotely: freelancers who earn some or all of their income from projects secured via online labour platforms. Data allow us to sketch a first picture of how the initial months of the COVID‐19 pandemic have affected the livelihoods of online freelancers. The data shows online labour demand falling rapidly in early March 2020, but with an equally rapid recovery. We also find significant differences between countries and occupations. Data from interviews make clear jobs are increasingly scarce even as more people are creating profiles and seeking freelance work online.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1111/tesg.12455
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie More from this journal
- Volume:
- 111
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 561-573
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-16
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1467-9663
- ISSN:
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0040-747X
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English
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1106040
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pubs:1106040
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2020-05-22
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- 2020
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- © 2020 The Authors. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Dutch Geographical Society / Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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