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Who Gets Caught in the Net? The Expanded Safety Net During Covid-19 and Precarious Workers

Alexandrea J. Ravenelle et al.

Labor Studies Journal2026https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449x261435181article
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We examine how the expansion of social protection policies during Covid-19 affected workers’ job outcomes (employment probability and income changes) and access to the safety net. Leveraging a panel of 173 US workers across three arrangements—platform-based gig workers, creative freelancers, and low-wage W-2 employees—tracked from 2020–2024, we find that gig workers initially faced unemployment insurance access barriers, resulting in a 50%-point higher likelihood of receiving benefits later in the crisis than low-wage W-2 workers. Creative freelancers were more likely to remain employed and experienced fewer income losses. This paper shows that flexibilizing regulation may counter global labor precarity trends.

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@article{alexandrea2026,
  title        = {{Who Gets Caught in the Net? The Expanded Safety Net During Covid-19 and Precarious Workers}},
  author       = {Alexandrea J. Ravenelle et al.},
  journal      = {Labor Studies Journal},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449x261435181},
}

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F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
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