In a largely informal labour market, platform work could actually provide workers with more social security.
Platform expert Martijn Arets spoke to Prakash Gupta and Apoorv Kulkarni. They are the director and head respectively of the Centre for Inclusive Mobility at the policy research and social innovation think tank OMI Foundation. In The Gig Work Podcast from the WageIndicator Foundation, they talk about their research on social security in India's platform economy.
The episode's highlights can also be found in a blog at Gigpedia.org.
The Gig Work Podcast is available at Apple Podcasts, Springcast, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, and Pocket Casts.