The Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Disabled People Becoming Ride-Hailing Drivers in China under the Platform Economy Background

Xin Wang; Yuqi Xiao

doi:10.54097/bmq09j31

Authors

Xin Wang
Yuqi Xiao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/bmq09j31

Keywords:

Platform economy, Ride-hailing industry, Implicit discrimination, Fierce competition

Abstract

With the rapid development of the platform economy, the ride-hailing industry has ushered in a booming wave, which has provided new opportunities for promoting employment for disabled people. Currently, many disabled people in China have gradually participated in the ride-hailing industry and achieved effective employment. However, in reality, disabled people in China still face certain employment difficulties as ride-hailing drivers, mainly manifested in low public awareness of relevant regulations, implicit discrimination against disabled people, and intense competition in the ride-hailing industry. To effectively break this predicament, the Chinese government should increase publicity on relevant regulations, address implicit employment discrimination, and increase preferential support for disabled ride-hailing drivers, thereby effectively solving the employment difficulties faced by disabled people as ride-hailing drivers in China.

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