Theerakosonphong Kritsada, Amornsiriphong Somsak
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom, 73000, Thailand.
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand.
Heliyon. 2022 Mar 5;8(3):e09061. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09061. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Motorcycle taxi drivers (MTDs) are classified as self-employed informal workers. The interplay between formality and informality is examined in this article from labor and capital perspectives on formalization approaches. Data was collected by questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview methods and analyzed. Results revealed significant overlap and informality concealed within formality, as well as stakeholder illegal practice in occupational registration and social assistance programs as well as factors affecting short-term cash transfer programs during the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These findings suggest that 1) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) should be held accountable for responses caused by its urban transportation network; and 2) government agencies should address institutionalized corruption in the motorcycle taxi trade as an underlying cause of unproductive means-testing in providing social assistance during a pandemic.
摩的司机被归类为自营非正式工人。本文从劳动和资本视角，就正规化方法探讨了正式与非正式之间的相互作用。通过问卷调查和半结构化访谈方法收集并分析了数据。结果显示，形式上存在显著的重叠和隐藏的非正式性，以及利益相关者在职业登记和社会援助项目中的非法行为，还有在2019年新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间影响短期现金转移项目的因素。这些发现表明：1）曼谷市政府（BMA）应对其城市交通网络造成的影响负责；2）政府机构应解决摩的行业中制度化的腐败问题，这是疫情期间社会援助中无效经济状况调查的根本原因。
