STUDY OF LIVELIHOODS OF ONLINE OJEK DRIVERS IN CONDITIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BANDUNG CITY

• Main Author: Vasya Sirony Putri, Adelya
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/65573
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Pandemic COVID-19 has significantly affected the labor sector, especially workers affected by layoffs. Some of them have turned their backs on the development of the gig economy phenomenon. One of them that is growing rapidly is motorcycle taxi drivers through online platforms. The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed restrictions on activities that affect people's mobility, so the number of motorcycle taxi passengers has decreased drastically. The COVID-19 pandemic is a form of shock that threatens livelihood assets for online motorcycle taxi drivers. This study aims to identify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the asset value of online motorcycle taxi drivers in the city of Bandung. The city of Bandung was chosen as the study location because it is one of the largest metropolitan cities in West Java Province which has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the majority of its main work is in the service sector, amounting to 76.6% in 2021, including online motorcycle taxi drivers. The primary survey by distributing questionnaires with a convenience sampling of 200 respondents and offline interviews, as well as a secondary data survey was conducted in this study. This study uses descriptive statistical analysis, inferential statistics, and descriptive qualitative. Six types of livelihood asset capital are used in this study, namely human capital, natural capital, financial capital, social capital, physical capital, and psychological capital. The results of the analysis indicate that the COVID19 pandemic has had an impact on changes in the average value of the livelihood assets of online motorcycle taxi drivers before and after the pandemic (before and after vaccination). The value of livelihood assets decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic, both before vaccination and after vaccination from high to medium category. Natural capital and psychological capital are in the low category due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies to increase livelihood assets that need to be carried out ar e through delivery flexibility other than passengers, namely goods or food, financial management again, driving job diversification to increase income, implementing accelerated vaccination programs, providing counseling services, and providing financial assistance in meeting daily needs. This study can be an input and basis for stakeholders in making plans, efforts, and policies in overcoming problems that occur in online motorcycle taxi drivers so that they can improve sustainable livelihoods for their people.