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Study identifies challenges in sustaining online work in PH
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While digital labor platforms opened market work opportunities during the pandemic, it also posed major implications on skill formation and human capital development, especially in countries where online work is at the lower end of the value chain.
This is highlighted in a recent study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
According to the study, the advancements in information and communications technology paved the way for a new work arrangement mediated by digital platforms.
As a result of these developments, certain segments of the population “may be naturally drawn to online work”. These include young people who are adept at navigating online tools and resources and women who “are responsible for the care economy and housework”.
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EMPLOYEES working from home have reported lack of workplace interaction and time management as among the biggest problems they face during the pandemic, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said, citing the results of a study.
In a statement Monday, PIDS, a government think tank, said the issues were turned up by a research paper, “Towards a Sustainable Online Work in the Philippines: Learnings from the Online Survey of Market and Nonmarket Work during the Enhanced Community Quarantine.”
The study was written by PIDS Senior Research Fellows Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Aniceto C. Orbeta, Jr., Ramonette B. Serafica, and Research Assistant Lora Kryz C. Baje.
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 18 — While digital labor platforms opened market work opportunities during the pandemic, it also posed major implications on skill formation and human capital development, especially in countries where online work is at the lower end of the value chain. This is highlighted in.