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A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Platform Capitalism in the Care Sector

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  • Paula Rodríguez-Modroño
  • Astrid Agenjo-Calderón
  • Purificación López-Igual

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Despite women being increasingly engaged in labor-platform activities, little of the research conducted on this topic to date has included a feminist perspective. However, the platform economy has direct impacts on the social organization of social reproduction and is changing the main dimensions of the world of work with crucial gendered effects. This study deploys a feminist political economics approach to assess the impacts of digital labor platforms on the reconfiguration and regeneration of intersectional inequalities. The findings of this analysis of digital platforms in the care sector in Spain reveal how they profit from regulatory contexts that perpetuate existing gender, race, and migrant status inequalities, as well as labor market vulnerability, with migrant women segregated into lower-paid and more insecure jobs. JEL Classification: J3, J5, J7, O3

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  • Paula Rodríguez-Modroño & Astrid Agenjo-Calderón & Purificación López-Igual, 2023. "A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Platform Capitalism in the Care Sector," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 55(4), pages 629-638, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:55:y:2023:i:4:p:629-638
    DOI: 10.1177/04866134231184235
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    Keywords

    digital platforms; gig work; social reproduction; care work; migrant workers;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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