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

Aguilar, Diego (IEP); Barrantes, Roxana (IEP); Agüero, Aileen (IEP); Mothobi, Onkokame (RIA); Amarasinghe, Tharaka (LIRNEasia)

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dc.creator	Aguilar, Diego (IEP); Barrantes, Roxana (IEP); Agüero, Aileen (IEP); Mothobi, Onkokame (RIA); Amarasinghe, Tharaka (LIRNEasia)
dc.date	2022-10-12T16:48:17Z
dc.date	2022-10-12T16:48:17Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-17T15:23:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-17T15:23:26Z
dc.identifier	https://repositorio.iep.org.pe/handle/IEP/1307
dc.identifier.uri	https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/200321
dc.description	Este trabajo se llevó a cabo con la ayuda de una subvención del Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo, Ottawa, Canadá
dc.description	Increases 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.
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dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc-nd/2.5/pe/
dc.source	Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
dc.source	Repositorio institucional - IEP
dc.subject	Mercado de trabajo digital
dc.subject	Brecha digital
dc.subject	Sur global
dc.subject	Desigualdades
dc.subject	Género
dc.subject	Kenia
dc.subject	Mozambique
dc.subject	Ghana
dc.subject	Nigeria
dc.subject	Rwanda
dc.subject	Sudáfrica
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Uganda
dc.subject	Lesoto
dc.subject	Senegal
dc.subject	Pakistán
dc.subject	India
dc.subject	Bangladesh
dc.subject	Camboya
dc.subject	Sri Lanka
dc.subject	Nepal
dc.subject	Argentina
dc.subject	Colombia
dc.subject	Ecuador
dc.subject	Guatemala
dc.subject	Paraguay
dc.subject	Perú
dc.title	Future of Work in the Global South: Digital Labor, New Opportunities and Challenges
dc.type	Working Paper