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The architecture of digital labour platforms: Policy recommendations on platform design for worker well-being

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Authors:
Choudary Sangeet, P.
Topics:
Anticipating needs and matching skills, Other topic
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Research papers
Publication Date:
15 May 2018
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ILO Future of Work Research Paper Series

Digital labour platforms connect workers with consumers of this work and provide the infrastructure and the governance conditions for the exchange of work and its compensation. Yet the architecture, or business model design, of digital labour platforms has important consequences for workers, affecting whether they are empowered or exploited on the platform. This paper explores the business model design choices of digital labour platforms and which attributes – particularly the centralization of power, policies to retain consumers and workers and monitoring and reward systems – contribute to worker well-being. It puts forth policy recommendations for improving working conditions on digital labour platforms, addressing concerns such as the asymmetry of information, data access and usage rights, which can improve the fairness and conditions of platform work.

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Technology, Internet, Productivity
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Global
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