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Gig Jobs Give Women Higher Incomes But Little Security

Shreya Raman, Rizvi Saif
January 11, 2021
The potential to earn more and choose their working hours are drawing women to online service platforms such as Urban Company and Housejoy
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But these pros come with age-old issues of occupational segregation, gender pay gaps and lack of social security benefits
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Also, while these platforms have empowered women and boosted their incomes...
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...gig work is largely an urban phenomenon and excludes the majority of women who are not digitally literate