Sun, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-8801, Zhao, Y. and Ran, X. (2024) Ride-hailing drivers’ working conditions and social protection in China. Journal of Asian Public Policy. ISSN 1751-6234
Abstract
This article aims to examine ride-hailing drivers’ working conditions and social protection in China. Through interviews with 25 ride-hailing drivers in Beijing, we found that their working conditions are precarious, stressful, surveilled, and their social protection exhibits features of inadequacy and fragmentation. They are excluded from social insurance for urban employees due to the lack of a formal employment relationship. Instead, they largely participate in the medical insurance for residents, but its insurance benefits are much lower than those for urban employees. Furthermore, citizens’ participation in residents’ medical insurance is determined by their hukou (i.e. household registration) residency. Internal migrant drivers are only entitled to be insured at their origin where their hukou is located. Despite working in the same occupation and living in the same city, internal migrant drivers and Beijing-native drivers have distinct social insurance benefits. Thus, we propose the binary classification of de jure/de facto residency, which contributes to a deeper understanding of social protection for non-standard forms of employment.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Asian Public Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Ride-hailing drivers, non-standard forms of employment, working conditions, social protection, medical insurance, China |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2024 08:04 |
Last Modified: | 15 May 2024 11:04 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17516234.2024.2352809 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212509 |
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