Gig Workers during the COVID-19 Crisis in France: Financial Precarity and Mental Well-Being.
We set out to explore how precarious workers, particularly those employed in the gig economy, balance financial uncertainty, health risks, and mental well-being. We surveyed and interviewed precarious workers in France during the COVID-19 crisis, in March and April 2020. We oversampled gig economy w...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 776 - 796 |
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2020
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