Labour transitions that lead to platform work: Towards increased formality? Evidence from Argentina

Cecilia Poggi, Sonia Filipetto, Ariela Micha, Francisca Pereyra and Martin Trombetta ()

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Abstract: The recent growth of the platform economy as a tool for labour exchanges has brought about concerns on the overall quality of jobs created. As labour platforms leave a digital trace, this paper assesses whether platforms can help to increase registered labour in contexts of extended informality as the one for Argentina, asking what does formalization via registration - if any - actually imply for workers and how do they perceive it. The article inspects three on-demand occupations in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area: private passengers’ transportation (Uber), domestic work (Zolvers) and home repair services (Home Solution). The main results show that platforms “formalization effect” is dependent on several factors: a platform’s business model, or the company’s interest and need to promote or encourage such process; the pre-existing occupational dynamics in terms of formalization; and general labour market conditions. In the context of an Argentine labour market harmed by a prolongued recession, most transitions to formality via the platform occur to previously unemployed workers who join them.

Keywords: Argentine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2022-02-25
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