otto kässi|Vili Lehdonvirta
Online labour index: Measuring the online gig economy for policy and research
University of Oxford|University of Oxford
labour markets thought midst dramatic transformation standard employment increasingly supplemented substituted temporary work mediated online platforms yet scale scope changes hard assess conventional labour market statistics economic indicators illsuited measuring online gig work present online labour index oli experimental economic indicator approximates conventional labour market statistic new open vacancies measures utilization online labour across countries occupations tracking number projects tasks posted major online gig platforms nearreal time purpose article introduce oli describe methodology behind also demonstrate used address previously unanswered questions online gig economy benefit policymakers labour market researchers general public results published interactive online visualisation updated daily