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Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?

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Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?

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The creation of new employment opportunities by digital platforms in sectors characterized by informal economic activities could result in these platforms being regarded as a means of regulating such activities. Within the scope of this study, the ability of digital platforms to regulate informal work is examined in the context of the relevant literature and different country examples, and its consequences for labor are discussed from a critical perspective. As a result of the study, it is seen that digital platforms have a limited impact in terms of regulating informal activities. More importantly, in the absence of a strong institutional structure, the productivity-maximizing structure of digital platforms adapts to the structural features of informal work. As a result, a structure where the operations of digital platforms are integrated into the risks associated with informal work in terms of labor and precariousness is reproduced exponentially is encountered.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Digital Platforms, Informal Labor, Informality, Social Protection, Precarity

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Ersöz, B. (2025). Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor? Ekonomi-tek, 14(2), 322-347. https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA
AMA
1.Ersöz B. Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor? Ekonomi-tek. 2025;14(2):322-347. https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA
Chicago
Ersöz, Batuhan. 2025. “Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?”. Ekonomi-tek 14 (2): 322-47. https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA.
EndNote
Ersöz B (01 Eylül 2025) Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor? Ekonomi-tek 14 2 322–347.
IEEE
[1]B. Ersöz, “Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?”, Ekonomi-tek, c. 14, sy 2, ss. 322–347, Eyl. 2025, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA
ISNAD
Ersöz, Batuhan. “Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?”. Ekonomi-tek 14/2 (01 Eylül 2025): 322-347. https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA.
JAMA
1.Ersöz B. Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor? Ekonomi-tek. 2025;14:322–347.
MLA
Ersöz, Batuhan. “Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor?”. Ekonomi-tek, c. 14, sy 2, Eylül 2025, ss. 322-47, https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA.
Vancouver
1.Batuhan Ersöz. Digital Platforms and Informal Work: Can Digital Platforms Play a Role in Providing Adequate Social Protection for Informal Labor? Ekonomi-tek [Internet]. 01 Eylül 2025;14(2):322-47. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA43ML63AA