TAGGED: low income service work (8)
2021-10-04
Julie Yujie Chen
Niels van Doorn
research

Odds Stacked Against Workers

This article, co-authored with [Julie Chen (University of Toronto)](https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/iccit/julie-chen) presents a cross-national comparative study that examines how American and Chinese...
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Odds Stacked Against Workers
2020-10-19
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Laura Lam
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Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?

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Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?
2020-07-27
Niels van Doorn
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At what price? Labour politics and calculative power struggles in on-demand food delivery

This article, part of the special issue of Work Organization, Labour & Globalisation on "The Algorithm and the City", asks what can be gained by making calculability a pivotal demand for wage...
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At what price? Labour politics and calculative power struggles in on-demand food delivery
2020-06-01
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Ana Guerra
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Managing uncertainty at their own expense: Brazilian Uber drivers facing the Covid-19 pandemic

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Managing uncertainty at their own expense: Brazilian Uber drivers facing the Covid-19 pandemic
2020-01-23
Niels van Doorn
Darsana Vijay
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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 3

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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 3
2020-01-19
Niels van Doorn
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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 2

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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 2
2019-12-18
Niels van Doorn
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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers

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The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers
2019-07-09
Niels van Doorn
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On Data Assets and Meta-platforms

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On Data Assets and Meta-platforms