@article{ref1,
title="The interplay of labor and capital perspectives on formalization approaches: motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok",
journal="Heliyon",
year="2022",
author="Theerakosonphong, Kritsada and Amornsiriphong, Somsak",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="e09061-e09061",
abstract="Motorcycle taxi drivers (MTDs) are classified as self-employed informal workers. The interplay between formality and informality is examined in this article from labor and capital perspectives on formalization approaches. Data was collected by questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview methods and analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS revealed significant overlap and informality concealed within formality, as well as stakeholder illegal practice in occupational registration and social assistance programs as well as factors affecting short-term cash transfer programs during the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These findings suggest that 1) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) should be held accountable for responses caused by its urban transportation network; and 2) government agencies should address institutionalized corruption in the motorcycle taxi trade as an underlying cause of unproductive means-testing in providing social assistance during a pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2405-8440",
doi="10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09061",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09061"
}