Sustaining Livelihoods in the Gig Economy: A Case Study of Paid Domestic Workers and Their Crisis of Social Reproduction in India

本研究旨在了解零工的日常工作生活和生计如何受到“家”条件的影响，定义为SR活动的轨迹，以及零工工作的变幻莫测如何塑造家中的社会关系。这项研究的重点是有偿家政工人（PDW）零工平台，因为妇女占该部门（NCEUS，2007年; Jha，2016年）和PDW（CIS，2021年）中自营劳动力的大多数。该研究将考虑在平台经济中PDW SR的压力增加，以及他们为维持家庭和再生过程而采取的各种应对策略。此外，该研究还调查了在管制放松的印度经济中，国家在劳动力再生产和社会关系中的作用。因此，本研究从女性的角度和全球南方调查gig工作，补充现有的文献是典型的全球北方和男性为中心。该研究旨在对印度两个城市孟买和高知进行比较案例研究，这两个城市分别具有较高和较低的自由化水平。

This study seeks to comprehend how the daily workinglives and livelihoods of gig workers are influenced byconditions of 'home,' defined as the locus of SR activities,and how the vagaries of gig work shape social relations athome. The study focuses on a paid domestic worker (PDW)gig platform because women make up the majority of theself-employed workforce in this sector (NCEUS, 2007; Jha,2016), and among PDWs (CIS, 2021). The study willconsider the increased pressures on SR of PDWs in aplatform economy, as well as their diverse copingstrategies to sustain families and regenerative processes.In addition, the study investigates the role of the state inthe reproduction of labour power and social relations in aderegulated Indian economy. This study thus investigatesgig work from a female perspective and from the globalSouth, supplementing existing literature that is typicallyglobal North and male-centric. The study intends to conducta comparative case study across two cities in India,Mumbai and Kochi, which have higher and lower levels ofliberalisation, respectively.