Event featured a rideshare app driver from California speaking on how flexible platform work enables her unpaid caregiving
Today, the Progressive Policy Institute hosted a webinar on how platform work – including companies such as Lyft, Uber, Doordash, and Instacart – can offer flexible earning opportunities for unpaid caregivers across America. The webinar also discussed the possibility that platform work may help narrow the longstanding gender gap in unpaid caregiving.
Webinar panelists included PPI’s Vice President and Chief Economist Dr. Michael Mandel, author of PPI’s “Platform Work and the Care Economy” report, and Cora Mandapat, a rideshare driver and caregiver from California.
Watch the event livestream here:
This event discussed the Progressive Policy Institute’s (PPI) recently released report on the intersection of caregiving and the gig economy. The report shows that on the average day, 36% of working-age Americans provide unpaid care for children, parents and other loved ones. This unpaid labor is worth $980 billion per year. Report author Dr. Michael Mandel examines how the stress of this immense burden can be eased by the availability of flexible platform work, including companies such as Lyft, Uber, Doordash, and Instacart. He also explores the possibility that platform work may help narrow the longstanding gender gap in unpaid caregiving.
Read and download the report here:
Dr. Michael Mandel is Vice President and Chief Economist at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington DC and senior fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School (UPenn). He was chief economist at BusinessWeek prior to its purchase by Bloomberg.With experience spanning policy, academics, and business, Dr. Mandel has helped lead the public conversation about the economic and business impact of technology for the past two decades. His work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Financial Times, among others.
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a catalyst for policy innovation and political reform based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to create radically pragmatic ideas for moving America beyond ideological and partisan deadlock. Learn more about PPI by visiting progressivepolicy.org.
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