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000165150 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0048
000165150 0248_ $$2sideral$$a146646
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000165150 041__ $$aeng
000165150 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0337-8271$$aCobarrubias, Sebastian
000165150 245__ $$aStrapped to the app? Bridled labor at the crossroads of platform delivery and migration regulation
000165150 260__ $$c2025
000165150 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000165150 5203_ $$aPurpose
The paper aims to analyze the configuration of specific forms of undeclared work which are becoming widespread in the digital food-delivery sector in Spain and are predominantly occupied by migrant labor with employment and/or residence restrictions.
Design/methodology/approach
Our analysis includes a desk research review of relevant regulatory frameworks, specifically, national labor and migratory legislations, semi-structured interviews with labor inspectorates and trade unions, as well as ethnographic interviews with migrant riders in three Spanish cities.
Findings
Our research unveils how current platform delivery configurations attract and confine migrant labor. The current migration regime, with its multiple migration statuses, productively articulates with account-based forms of enrollment facilitated by digital platform infrastructures. The contingent entanglement between a regime of flexible platform labor and a restrictive regime of migration management encourages irregular forms of work and the external disciplining of couriers. This entanglement provokes an increasingly international workforce to be “strapped” to undeclared delivery.
Social implications
Our research shows how the solution based on the re-classification of worker’ status toward a standard employment relationship is limited in its scope when the platform economy becomes dependent on migrant labor with shifting administrative restrictions. Policymakers and trade unions should consider improvements in the resolutions procedures of residence and work applications. As a medium-term implication, our research calls for a profound reconsideration of current migration management policies in light of their intersection with flexibilizing labor markets in the platform economy.
Originality/value
This is the first paper that draws on Yann Moulier-Boutang's theoretical insights to analyze and further interpret undeclared work in the food-delivery platform sector, specifically in Spain.
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000165150 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9390-4022$$aCasas-Cortés, Maribel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000165150 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6061-8556$$aSanz de Miguel, Pablo$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000165150 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2061-2314$$aMontañés Grado, Miguel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000165150 7102_ $$14009$$2775$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Sociología
000165150 7102_ $$14009$$2813$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Trabajo Social y Serv.Soc
000165150 7102_ $$14009$$2030$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Antropología Social
000165150 773__ $$g(2025), 1-17$$tInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policy$$x0144-333X
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000165150 951__ $$a2025-12-12-14:43:51
000165150 980__ $$aARTICLE