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dc.titleWorkerTech: How Technology Can Improve Emerging Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean (Summary)
dc.contributor.authorCañigueral Bagó, Albert
dc.contributor.authorHeredero, Elena
dc.contributor.authorOkumura, Masato
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Erika
dc.contributor.authorRipani, Laura
dc.contributor.orgunitLabor Markets Division
dc.contributor.orgunitIDB Lab
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2021-04-19T00:04:00
dc.date.issue2021-04-19T00:04:00
dc.description.abstractWorkerTech is defined as digital services that offer independent workers benefits to improve the social protection and the productivity. Today, thinking only in terms of full-time salaried work and permanent contracts ignores the millions of people who earn income and shape their lives through a wide variety of unconventional labor relationships, which have proliferated in the 21st century. The shift from traditional salaried work to new modalities implies that workers must reconstruct the labor structure necessary to be able to work. This is where WorkerTech services come in. The concept that was born in Europe is relevant for Latin America and the Caribbean, especially when the region is suffering greatly from the unemployment due to the pandemic. The concept will also apply to workers in the informal sector who share many challenges of self-employed in modern modalities. **A more detailed version of this publication is available at: https://publications.iadb.org/en/workertech-how-technology-can-improve-emerging-jobs-latin-america-and-caribbean
dc.format.extent21
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003206
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/WorkerTech-How-Technology-Can-Improve-Emerging-Jobs-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Summary.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/WorkerTech-Como-la-tecnologia-puede-mejorar-los-empleos-emergentes-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-Resumen.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/WorkerTech-como-a-tecnologia-pode-viabilizar-uma-melhora-nos-empregos-emergentes-na-America-Latina-e-no-Caribe-Resumo.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectDigital Economy
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectInformal Labor
dc.subjectDigital Technology
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectDigital Platform
dc.subjectTechnological Innovation
dc.subjectGig Economy
dc.subjectDelivery Platform
dc.subject.jelcodeO10 - Economic Development: General
dc.subject.jelcodeE29 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy: Other
dc.subject.keywordsfintech;technology;Employment;labor market;Platform;insurtech;WorkerTech;edutech;worker;workers;informal sector
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00518
idb.operationBK-C2176
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