Journal article
The gender pay platform gap during the COVID‐19 pandemic and the role of platform gender segregation in Australia
Brendan Churchill
New Technology, Work and Employment | Wiley | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12281
Abstract
Progress towards pay equity between men and women in the Australian economy stalled during the COVID‐19 pandemic, highlighting once again the gendered impact of the pandemic. However, little is known about the impact of the pandemic on the gender pay gap in the platform economy. Drawing on data from an Australian survey of platform workers (n = 947) during the early months of the pandemic (2020), this research investigates how the pandemic impacted the gender pay gap across different platform types—care, delivery and driving, microwork, and marketplace—and the platform economy overall. The findings show that the gendered segregated nature of platform work compounded by the uneven impact of ..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (DE220100027). The author would like to thank the journal editor(s) and reviewers for their considered and constructive feedback and acknowledge the early input of Dr Liz Dean and Professor Leah Ruppanner at The University of Melbourne. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Melbourne, as part of the Wiley - The University of Melbourne agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.