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The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins

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Online gig work is becoming increasingly important to workers living in low- and middle-income countries. Our multi-year and multi-method research project shows that online gig work brings about rewards such as potential higher incomes and increased worker autonomy, but also risks such as social isolation, lack of work–life balance, discrimination, and predatory intermediaries. We also note that online gig work platforms mostly operate outside regulatory and normative frameworks that could...

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University of Oxford
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SSD
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Oxford Internet Institute
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Oxford Internet Institute Publisher's website
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The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins
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Oxford Internet Institute Journal website
Publication date:
2017-03-01
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701337
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2017-06-19

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