Platform Labour and the Mobile Underclass: Barriers to Participation in the United States and India

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dc.contributor.authorNewlands, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorLutz, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T12:09:31Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T12:09:31Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractOnline crowdwork platforms have been praised as powerful vehicles for economic development, particularly for workers traditionally excluded from the labor market. However, there has been insufficient scrutiny as to the feasibility of crowdwork as an income-source among socio-economically deprived populations. This paper examines device requirements and differential access to digital infrastructure, both of which act as potential barriers to not only basic participation but also to economic success. Given the increasing prevalence of mobile-first and mobile-only populations, research on this topic aids in understanding the crowdwork ecosystem among differing socio-economic sectors. Based on a survey of 606 crowd workers in the United States and India, this paper uses both quantitative and qualitative data to explore whether reliance on mobile devices is detrimental for the economic outcomes of crowdwork. The results point to substantial inequalities in device use and received benefits from crowdwork, within each country and between the two contexts.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) (grant no.: 16DII111, 16DII112, 16DII113, 16DII114, 16DII115, 16DII116, 16DII117 – „Deutsches Internet-Institut“)
dc.identifier.citationNewlands, G., Lutz, C., & Hoffmann, C. P. (2019). Platform Labour and the Mobile Underclass: Barriers to Participation in the United States and India. Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019: Challenges of Digital Inequality, 128–130. https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.20
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.34669/wi.cp/2.20
dc.identifier.eissn2510-7666
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/108
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institute
dc.relation.ispartofhttps://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.32
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWeizenbaum Conference Proceedings
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subjectNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subjectInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subjectLabor Market Researchen
dc.subjectonline serviceen
dc.subjectinfrastructureen
dc.subjectcell phoneen
dc.subjectemployeeen
dc.subjectdigital divideen
dc.subjecttechnical equipmenten
dc.subjectIndiaen
dc.subjectdigital mediaen
dc.subjectinequalityen
dc.subjectUnited States of Americaen
dc.subjectWirtschaftde
dc.subjectPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subjectCrowdworkde
dc.subjectMobile Underclassde
dc.subjectDigital Inequalitiesde
dc.subjectAmazon Mechanical Turkde
dc.subjectArbeitsmarktforschungde
dc.subjectinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subjectDigitale Mediende
dc.subjectIndiende
dc.subjectArbeitnehmerde
dc.subjectDigitale Spaltungde
dc.subjectMobiltelefonde
dc.subjectUSAde
dc.subjectOnline-Dienstde
dc.subjectInfrastrukturde
dc.subjecttechnische Ausstattungde
dc.subjectUngleichheitde
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus & Verlagswesen
dc.titlePlatform Labour and the Mobile Underclass: Barriers to Participation in the United States and India
dc.typeConferencePaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.booktitleProceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend130
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart128
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