Distancing Bonus Or Downscaling Loss? The Changing Livelihood of Us Online Workers in Times of COVID-19

Fabian Stephany1, Michael Dunn2, Steven Sawyer3

  • 1Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles OX1 3JS Oxford UK.

Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie = Journal of Economic and Social Geography = Revue De Geographie Economique Et Humaine = Zeitschrift Fur Okonomische Und Soziale Geographie = Revista De Geografia Economica Y Social
|August 25, 2020
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