ARE NEW JOBS GOOD JOBS?

Tufts University PhD Project

To what extent are platform companies creating good work for Kenyans? What does good work mean in a context of low employment? 

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This project answers some fundamental questions about what platforms mean for workers—especially young workers—and  engages stakeholders around thinking through those implications.  It focuses on Nairobi, a city where platforms are already beginning to reconfigure labor markets.  The project looks at the labor market experiences, expectations, and aspirations of youth working in four sectors impacted by platforms:  transportation, work for hire, retail, and digital task outsourcing.  It takes a deep dive into measuring dimensions of quality of work—including wages—for platform workers in a single sector, transportation, where the platform labor market is more extensive and mature.