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Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork

In: Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism

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  • Janine Berg
  • Uma Rani

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This paper reports the findings from an ILO survey of nearly 3,200 workers located throughout the world, working on five micro-task platforms. The survey reveals that while there are important similarities for workers across the world, there are also important differences depending on whether the worker is based in the Global North or Global South, as well as the sex of the worker. Overall, we find that the majority of workers make relatively low earnings from the platforms, as a result of an absence of regulation of the platforms, an oversupply of labour which drives payments down. These problems are compounded for workers in the Global South as a result of an explicit filtering of less desirable tasks, as well as differences in time zones, which result in asocial hours of work.

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  • Janine Berg & Uma Rani, 2021. "Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork," Chapters, in: Julieta Haidar & Maarten Keune (ed.), Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism, chapter 4, pages 93-110, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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