Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272227 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GIGA Working Papers No. 335
Publisher: 
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
Abstract: 
Digitalisation has a major impact on labour markets in developing countries. While Internet access expands, digital platforms proliferate and "gig-work" is performed in the Global South, access to and use of digital technologies remains far from universal. As the scope and speed of digitalisation vary across countries and "context matters". The present study reviews the evidence on the effects that selected key aspects of digitalisation on labour markets in developing economies with a focus on digital platforms. Although several studies find considerable effects regarding the employment impacts of digital infrastructures, the evidence on the impacts of digital platforms remains relatively patchy. For example, while transaction data from global online labour platforms demonstrate the important role of the Global South as a supplier on online platforms, we know very little about the extent of work on location-based online platforms. We discuss digital skills to harness digitalisation gains and identify several evidence gaps.
Subjects: 
Digitalisation
labour markets
employment
digital platforms
digital skills
JEL: 
O14
O33
E24
J21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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