Labour market digitalization and social class: evidence of mobility and reproduction from a European survey of online platform workers

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwad049

Nicholas Martindale, V. Lehdonvirta

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Abstract

The type of work we do as adults is significantly influenced by our parents’ social class. However, digital technologies are transforming the way labour markets work. Candidates are screened using algorithmic decision-making systems. Skills are validated with online tests and feedback ratings. Communications take place online. Could these transformations undermine the advantages that have accrued to workers with privileged backgrounds or reproduce this privilege through digital divides? We examine this question with survey evidence from the online (remote) platform economy, a labour market segment where these digital transformations have progressed furthest (N = 1,001). The results reveal that online platform workers come predominantly from privileged class backgrounds, but we find less evidence of parental class shaping what types of online work they do. We conclude that digital transformations of labour markets may reproduce disparities in access to work but attenuate some class-based differences in the selection of workers by employers.

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劳动力市场数字化与社会阶层:来自欧洲在线平台工人调查的流动性和再生产证据

我们成年后所做的工作类型在很大程度上受到父母社会阶层的影响。然而，数字技术正在改变劳动力市场的运作方式。候选人使用算法决策系统进行筛选。技能通过在线测试和反馈评级进行验证。通信是在线进行的。这些转变会破坏特权背景工人的优势吗？还是会通过数字鸿沟重现这种特权？我们用来自在线（远程）平台经济的调查证据来研究这个问题，这是一个劳动力市场，这些数字化转型进展最快（N = 1001）。研究结果表明，在线平台的员工主要来自特权阶级背景，但我们发现，父母阶级影响他们从事何种类型的在线工作的证据较少。我们得出结论，劳动力市场的数字化转型可能会再现工作机会的差异，但会削弱雇主在选择员工时基于阶级的一些差异。

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