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      Migration and Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy: An Intervention

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          In urban gig economies around the world, platform labour is predominantly migrant labour, yet research on the intersection of the gig economy and labour migration remains scant. Our experience with two action research projects, spanning six cities on four continents, has taught us how platform work impacts the structural vulnerability of migrant workers. This leads us to two claims that should recalibrate the gig economy research agenda. First, we argue that platform labour simultaneously degrades working conditions while offering migrants much-needed opportunities to improve their livelihoods. Second, we contend that the reclassification of gig workers as employees is by itself not sufficient to counter the precarisation of migrant gig work. Instead, we need ambitious policies at the intersection of immigration, social welfare, and employment regulation that push back against the digitally mediated commodification of migrant labour worldwide.

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                Journal
                Work Employ Soc
                Work Employ Soc
                WES
                spwes
                Work, Employment & Society
                SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )
                0950-0170
                1469-8722
                5 July 2022
                August 2023
                : 37
                : 4
                : 1099-1111
                Affiliations
                [1-09500170221096581]University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
                [2-09500170221096581]University of Oxford, UK
                [3-09500170221096581]University of Oxford, UK
                Author notes
                [*]Niels van Doorn, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Turfdraagsterpad 9, BG1, Room 1.14, 1012 XT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: nielsvandoorn@ 123456uva.nl
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-0232
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8370-9848
                Article
                10.1177_09500170221096581
                10.1177/09500170221096581
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                37588943
                a8911dab-17e6-4f14-8868-3dadcf35d89f
                © The Author(s) 2022

                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                Funding
                Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000269;
                Award ID: ES/P000649/1 (Studentship 2094254)
                Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000269;
                Award ID: ES/S00081X/1
                Funded by: University of Oxford, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000769;
                Award ID: Scatcherd European Scholarship
                Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266;
                Award ID: EP/N510129/1
                Funded by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, ;
                Funded by: OX/BER Research Partnership, ;
                Award ID: OXBER_SOC3
                Funded by: European Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781;
                Award ID: 335716
                Funded by: European Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781;
                Award ID: 759776
                Funded by: European Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781;
                Award ID: 838081
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                employment regulation,gig economy,migrant labour,migration,platform economy,social policy

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