A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Platform Capitalism in the Care Sector

Paula Rodríguez-Modroño, Astrid Agenjo-Calderón and Purificación López-Igual
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Paula Rodríguez-Modroño

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2023, vol. 55, issue 4, 629-638

Abstract: Despite women being increasingly engaged in labor-platform activities, little of the research conducted on this topic to date has included a feminist perspective. However, the platform economy has direct impacts on the social organization of social reproduction and is changing the main dimensions of the world of work with crucial gendered effects. This study deploys a feminist political economics approach to assess the impacts of digital labor platforms on the reconfiguration and regeneration of intersectional inequalities. The findings of this analysis of digital platforms in the care sector in Spain reveal how they profit from regulatory contexts that perpetuate existing gender, race, and migrant status inequalities, as well as labor market vulnerability, with migrant women segregated into lower-paid and more insecure jobs. JEL Classification: J3, J5, J7, O3

Keywords: digital platforms; gig work; social reproduction; care work; migrant workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/04866134231184235

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