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工人的日常工作生活和生计如何受到“家”条件的影响，“家”被定义为SR活动的所在地，以及零工工作的变幻莫测如何塑造家庭社会关系。该研究的重点是有偿家庭佣工（PDW）零工平台，因为女性占该行业自雇劳动力的大多数（NCEUS, 2007; Jha,2016），以及家庭佣工（CIS, 2021）。该研究将考虑平台经济中pdw的SR压力增加，以及他们维持家庭和再生过程的多样化应对策略。此外，该研究还探讨了在不受管制的印度经济中，国家在劳动力再生产和社会关系中的作用。因此，本研究从女性视角和全球南方视角来调查工作，补充了现有文献中典型的全球北方和以男性为中心的观点。该研究打算在印度的两个城市——孟买和高知——进行比较案例研究，这两个城市的自由化程度分别较高和较低。

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.