This paper explores the linkages between workers’ (in)formality status and their perceptions of various aspects of the social contract. The results reinforce the understanding that a resilient, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis is impossible without strengthening institutions, as well as health and social protection systems, especially in countries with a large informal...

This study reveals the important opportunities that digital work provides for Ukrainian workers, but it also raises important questions on the sustainability of this work and of the future of the social model that it offers.