Is platform work migrant work? The economic and social conditions behind migrant (over-)representation in the platform economy across Europe.
This article investigates the over-representation of migrant workers in the platform economy across 14 European Union Member States, using representative survey data from the 2021 European Trade Union Institute Internet and Platform Work Survey (IPWS) and complementary EU Labour Force Survey statist...
| Publicado en: | International Labour Review Vol. 165; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23 |
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2026
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