The Potential of Gig Economy in the Area of Gender Equality

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220105.168How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gig Economy; Gender Equality; Covid

Abstract

Due to the hit of Covid-19, both females and males’ lifestyle largely shifted compared to the previous day, including employment and work. To stay away from the crowd to prevent the risk of getting the Covid-19, more people now favour ordering food through food delivery and transiting by online car-hailing. Meanwhile, unemployment has swept through the global economy. People found the gig economy can be well used to make a living to compensate for what they have lost from their original jobs. Gig economy, as an uprising industry, may change the current social pattern. Women are in a lower position in the workplace overall; this article intends to discuss whether the gig economy, as a new career direction, will change this situation. The paper will use Uber as a case study of the gig economy to discuss the impact of the gig economy on gender inequality; it will value from the aspects of 1) gender wage gap, 2) safety issues, 3) race escalation to examine whether the phenomenon of oppression, exploitation, and discrimination to women is still preserved.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chia-Ying Lin
AU  - Ruiyun Fang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - The Potential of Gig Economy in the Area of Gender Equality
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 910
EP  - 914
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.168
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.168
ID  - Lin2022
ER  -