RAPID: Work in the Time of COVID-19

RAPID：COVID-19 时期的工作

基本信息

批准号：
2029924
负责人：
Alexandrea Ravenelle
金额：
$ 18.89万
依托单位：
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-05-15 至 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2029924&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RAPID Work Time COVID 19

项目摘要

Gig work, which is often conducted on platforms such as Uber, TaskRabbit, Instacart, Care.com, and Rover, is the epitome of precarious work: the work is so temporary that a 'gig' may last only a few minutes, and workers -- who are usually classified as independent contractors -- are entirely outside the social safety net of workers’ compensation, social security contributions, paid leave, or health insurance. Traditionally, low-income workers have fared worse physically, psychologically, and economically in U.S. natural disasters. Also, while white collar and professional workers conduct their work remotely via Zoom, working from the relative safety of their home offices, gig and temporary workers are increasingly being called on to ensure ready access to food, medicine, and toilet paper for their middle and upper middle class work-from-home peers. And the ranks of precarious workers on the frontlines of the pandemic are only expected to grow. This project will examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on exacerbating the existing vulnerability of precarious and gig workers. This project will additionally examine how precarious workers in essential jobs are weighing, and addressing, the health risks of working versus the economic repercussions of unemployment, and how the pandemic, and resulting recession, may affect worker views of the desirability of freelance or gig-based work. Findings from the project will help to inform governmental policies at several levels affecting gig workers, as well as labor force participants who may be considering adoption or rejection of gig work in the 21st century. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the working conditions of gig workers who, by definition, cannot practice social distancing when completing their tasks. This project, a mixed-methods panel study, will utilize in-depth interviews and surveys with 200 precarious and gig workers in New York City (NYC), the early epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Participants will include gig workers who find work via online platforms, freelance workers in creative fields, and fast food and retail workers. The first phase will be conducted between April and June 2020, a period that coincides with the expected peak of the outbreak in NYC, and will examine how workers are coping with these risks, and how the pandemic is shaping their lives and understandings of their work. Follow-up interviews and surveys will be conducted during Fall 2020, concurrent with the expected second outbreak, and will provide an opportunity to study the impact of the Pandemic Unemployment Act and economic stimulus checks on gig workers. Findings from the project will inform sociological theories regarding precarious work, job satisfaction, and job mobility. Findings will also inform theories regarding differential access to the U.S. employment social safety net that appear among gig workers, as well as between them and workers in more conventional jobs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Gig Work通常是在Uber，TaskRabbit，Instacart，Care.com和Rover等平台上进行的，这是不稳定的工作：这项工作是如此暂时，以至于“演出”只能持续几分钟，而他们通常被归类为独立承包商的工人 - 完全不在社会安全网络的社交安全网络，社交安全保留，付费保留或健康保险范围内，或者是健康保险，或健康保险。传统上，在美国自然灾害中，低收入工人在身体，心理和经济上的表现都更糟。此外，虽然白领和专业工人通过Zoom远程进行工作，但越来越多地从他们的家庭办公室的相对安全工作，越来越多地召集演出和临时工人，以确保可以随时获得中产阶级和中上层工作的同伴的食物，药品和卫生纸。而且，在大流行的前线上，不稳定的工人的等级只有预计会增长。该项目将研究冠状病毒大流行对危险和演出工人现有脆弱性的影响。该项目还将研究基本工作中的不稳定工人如何加权，解决工作与失业的经济影响的健康风险，以及大流行病和由此产生的衰退如何影响工人对自由职业或基于演出的工作的看法。该项目的调查结果将有助于告知政府政策的几个层面，这些政策影响了演出工人，以及可能考虑在21世纪采用或拒绝演出工作的劳动力参与者。 COVID-19的大流行挑战了演出工人的工作条件，根据定义，他们在完成任务时无法实践社交疏远。该项目是一项混合方法小组研究，将对在纽约市（NYC）（纽约市）的200名不稳定和演出的工人进行深入访谈和调查，这是Covid-19-19的早期中心爆发。参与者将包括通过在线平台，创意领域的自由职业者以及快餐和零售工人找到工作的演出工人。第一阶段将在2020年4月至2020年6月之间进行，这一时期与纽约市爆发的预期高峰相吻合，并将研究工人如何应对这些风险，以及大流行如何塑造他们的生活和对工作的理解。后续访谈和调查将在2020年秋季与预期的第二次爆发同时进行，并将提供一个机会，以研究《大流行失业法》和经济刺激检查对演出工人的影响。该项目的发现将为社会学理论提供有关不稳定工作，工作满意度和工作流动性的信息。调查结果还将告知有关与演出工人之间出现的美国员工社会安全网的差异访问的理论，以及他们在更传统的工作中与工人之间出现的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估来获得珍贵的支持。