Future of Work in the Global South: Digital Labor, New Opportunities and Challenges

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dc.contributor.authorAguilar, Diego (IEP); Barrantes, Roxana (IEP); Agüero, Aileen (IEP); Mothobi, Onkokame (RIA); Amarasinghe, Tharaka (LIRNEasia)
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-12T16:48:17Z
dc.date.available2022-10-12T16:48:17Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionEste trabajo se llevó a cabo con la ayuda de una subvención del Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo, Ottawa, Canadáes_ES
dc.description.abstractIncreases in access to Internet have led to the emergence of a new world of work, with an important potential of gig work to contribute in significant ways to marginalized populations in the Global South, especially in contexts of high unemployment rates, informality, less secure forms of employment and limited opportunities. Despite the potential benefits that can be derived from digital labor platforms as an alternative to find and perform income-generating activities, there are several barriers for populations of developing countries to take advantage of this global resource. In this context, we characterize digital workers of the Global South, with special attention to gender aspects and social inequalities; we also estimate the main determinants of entry decisions to digital labor markets (by gender), as well as the main determinants that explain pay gaps between men and women (gender pay gap) and between women that participate and women that do not participate in the digital labor market. We find that inequality of opportunities related to gender is also present in the digital world (digital divide) and that this inequality goes beyond the access barrier. Observable characteristics (such as having a computer, labor experience, and education) in women and men only explain 6% of the gender pay gap, leaving a space of unexplained effects that the literature generally attributes to discrimination. Finally, our results show a positive impact of working through digital platforms over income levels and potential income gains for women. Nevertheless, the income premium for working over digital platforms is 16% higher for women, but the potential gains for women are 14% less than the income gains for men.es_ES
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.iep.org.pe/handle/IEP/1307
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.publisherInstituto de Estudios Peruanoses_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc-nd/2.5/pe/es_ES
dc.sourceInstituto de Estudios Peruanoses_ES
dc.sourceRepositorio institucional - IEPes_ES
dc.subjectMercado de trabajo digitales_ES
dc.subjectBrecha digitales_ES
dc.subjectSur globales_ES
dc.subjectDesigualdadeses_ES
dc.subjectGéneroes_ES
dc.subjectKeniaes_ES
dc.subjectMozambiquees_ES
dc.subjectGhanaes_ES
dc.subjectNigeriaes_ES
dc.subjectRwandaes_ES
dc.subjectSudáfricaes_ES
dc.subjectTanzaniaes_ES
dc.subjectUgandaes_ES
dc.subjectLesotoes_ES
dc.subjectSenegales_ES
dc.subjectPakistánes_ES
dc.subjectIndiaes_ES
dc.subjectBangladeshes_ES
dc.subjectCamboyaes_ES
dc.subjectSri Lankaes_ES
dc.subjectNepales_ES
dc.subjectArgentinaes_ES
dc.subjectColombiaes_ES
dc.subjectEcuadores_ES
dc.subjectGuatemalaes_ES
dc.subjectParaguayes_ES
dc.subjectPerúes_ES
dc.titleFuture of Work in the Global South: Digital Labor, New Opportunities and Challengeses_ES
dc.typeWorking Paperes_ES
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