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Quality of Employment on Digital Labor Platforms: Approaches to Measurement and Assessments for BRICS Countries

Ekaterina A. Chernykh , Olga A. Zolotina

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Ekaterina A. Chernykh

Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Olga A. Zolotina

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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Chernykh E.A., Zolotina O.A. Quality of Employment on Digital Labor Platforms: Approaches to Measurement and Assessments for BRICS Countries. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(2):211–227. https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_2_6_211_227 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

In the article, the authors turn to the study of platform employment in the context of its quality. The subject of the article is platform employment and digital labor platforms (DLPs). The object of the study is the quality of employment on DLPs. The study used analytical information from open sources, data from Russian and international statistics, and reports from international organizations. Based on statistical data, socio-demographic portraits of platform workers in BRICS countries are formulated. The authors also provided a critical analysis of the methods used to measure the quality of employment and carried out an assessment of the quality of employment on platforms for several countries, based on reports from Fairwork and open data. They conclude that it is a high degree of differentiation in the quality of employment on DLPs depending on the way of performing work (online or offline), the presence of platform work as the only employment of the worker, the degree of control of the platform over the worker and the type of work performed. Additional labor characteristics, in addition to the lack of social protection, are identified that worsen thequality of platform employment compared to traditional employment. Based on an analysis of the methodologies of the European Fund and the international European project Fairwork, it is illustrated that for many workers, the deteriorating characteristics of the quality of platform employment are such parameters as the volume of employment (excessive or insufficient), the balance of work and other areas of life, diversity of working tasks, labor cooperation, social interaction, opportunities for development and professional growth of workers.

KEYWORDS

digital labor platforms, platform employment, quality of employment, platform worker, precarization, labour conditions, portrait of a platform worker, risks of platform employment

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Ekaterina A. Chernykh

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Worker of the Department of Socioeconomic Research of Living Standards and Quality of Live at the Centre of Development of Human Potential at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Olga A. Zolotina

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

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The article was submitted 28.12.2023; approved after reviewing 10.04.2024; accepted for publication 09.06.2024.

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The Problem of Personnel Shortage in the Industrial Sector of the Economy: Reasons and Directions for Solution

Ol'ga A. Aleksandrova

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Ol'ga A. Aleksandrova

Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population named after N.M. Rimashevskaya – Branch of the FCTAS RAS, Moscow, Russia

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Aleksandrova O.А. The problem of personnel shortage in the industrial sector of the economy: reasons and directions for
solution. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(2):150-162.
https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_2_1_150_162 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

The events that began in February 2022, and the subsequent new, much more serious Western sanctions, as well as the departure of a number of foreign companies from the country, required a significant intensification of the work of Russian industry. However, it turned out that enterprises in the real sector of the economy are acutely short of engineering, technical and labor personnel. The largest enterprises that have received serious government orders solve the personnel problem by sharply increasing wages. At the same time, up to half of industrial enterprises indicate a continuing shortage of personnel. The article presents a retrospective description of the situation with staffing in Russian industry. It is shown that, starting from the “default” of 1999, with the onset of the next crisis, declarations are made about the importance of developing one’s own industry and a corresponding turn in economic policy is announced, however, in reality, practically nothing changes, as evidenced by the current personnel crisis. Research conducted with the participation of the author over the past twenty years and concerning the labor mobility of university graduates (2005); students' ideas about the demand for engineering work (2007 and 2010); work of vocational education institutions in an industrialized city (2014); personnel supply in priority industries (2016–2017), made
it possible to identify the reasons for the personnel shortage and the conditions for overcoming it. The key reasons are the low level of profitability of industrial enterprises, instability of workload, unclear prospects, and the root cause is an economic policy built on initially incorrect postulates and in the interests of global competitors. Accordingly, the condition for overcoming the personnel shortage is, firstly, the implementation of such monetary, fiscal and foreign trade policies that would allow the high-tech sector to reach the level of profitability necessary to attract and retain qualified labor. And, secondly, the state builds an effective strategic planning system that allows enterprises
to reliably plan their activities for the long term.

KEYWORDS

industry, engineering and technical workers, industrial workers, personnel shortage, vocational education, economic policy,
strategic planning

AUTHOR'S BIOGRAFY

Ol'ga A. Aleksandrova

Doctor of Economics, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population named after N.M. Rimashevskaya – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Sociology Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

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The article was submitted 28.04.2024; approved after reviewing 19.05.2024; accepted for publication 09.06.2024.