Stephany Fabian, Dunn Michael, Sawyer Steven, Lehdonvirta Vili
Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles OX1 3JS Oxford UK.
Department of Management & Business Skidmore College 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs NY 12866 USA.
Tijdschr Econ Soc Geogr. 2020 Jul;111(3):561-573. doi: 10.1111/tesg.12455. Epub 2020 Jun 28.
We draw on data from the Online Labour Index and interviews with freelancers in the United States securing work on online platforms, to illuminate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic's global economic upheaval is shuttering shops and offices. Those able to do so are now working remotely from their homes. They join workers who have always been working remotely: freelancers who earn some or all of their income from projects secured via online labour platforms. Data allow us to sketch a first picture of how the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the livelihoods of online freelancers. The data shows online labour demand falling rapidly in early March 2020, but with an equally rapid recovery. We also find significant differences between countries and occupations. Data from interviews make clear jobs are increasingly scarce even as more people are creating profiles and seeking freelance work online.
我们利用在线劳动指数的数据以及对在美国通过在线平台获取工作的自由职业者的访谈，来阐明新冠疫情的影响。疫情引发的全球经济动荡导致商店和办公室关闭。那些能够居家办公的人现在都在家远程工作。他们加入了一直以来都在远程工作的群体：即那些部分或全部收入来自通过在线劳动平台获得的项目的自由职业者。这些数据让我们能够初步描绘出新冠疫情最初几个月对在线自由职业者生计的影响。数据显示，2020年3月初在线劳动需求迅速下降，但随后同样迅速地回升。我们还发现不同国家和职业之间存在显著差异。访谈数据表明，尽管越来越多的人在网上创建个人资料并寻找自由职业工作，但工作机会却越来越稀缺。
