Online Labour Index

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The Online Labour Index (OLI) is an economic indicator measuring the activity of the global online gig-economy.{{Cite journal|date=2018-12-01|title=Online labour index: Measuring the online gig economy for policy and research|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162518301331|journal=Technological Forecasting and Social Change|language=en|volume=137|pages=241–248|doi=10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.056|issn=0040-1625|last1=Kässi|first1=Otto|last2=Lehdonvirta|first2=Vili|s2cid=54193279 }} It was created and is administered by the researchers Otto Kässi, Vili Lehdonvirta, and Fabian Stephany, at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.{{Cite journal|last1=Stephany|first1=Fabian|last2=Kässi|first2=Otto|last3=Rani|first3=Uma|last4=Lehdonvirta|first4=Vili|date=2021-07-01|title=Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world's remote freelancing market|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ee2011a4-8ed8-46d2-8644-ee099ac60c62/files/s2z10wr056|journal=Big Data & Society|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=20539517211043240|doi=10.1177/20539517211043240|s2cid=234778163 |issn=2053-9517|arxiv=2105.09148}}

The OLI monitors the demand and supply of work from the world's leading online gig-work internet platforms. The index has become an international reference for the measurement of the online freelance economy.{{Cite news| date=20 July 2017 | title=India largest provider of 'online labour' | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/trend-tracking/india-online-labour/articleshow/59680761.cms |access-date=2021-05-23| newspaper=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2016-09-21|title=Online jobs in gig economy growing fast, finds new index|url=http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/sep/22/online-jobs-in-gig-economy-growing-fast-finds-new-index|access-date=2021-05-23| newspaper=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Meaker|first=Morgan|date=2020-12-29|title=Britain employs more 'crowdworkers' than anywhere in Europe|language=en-GB| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | location=UK |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/12/29/britain-employs-crowdworkers-anywhere-europe/|access-date=2021-05-23|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|last=Querzè|first=Rita|date=2021-04-20|title=In piattaforma sul web, chi cerca lavoro è nelle mani di un algoritmo|url=https://www.corriere.it/sette/attualita/21_aprile_20/piattaforma-web-chi-cerca-lavoro-mani-un-algoritmo-7222ee88-9d37-11eb-85f1-679fe940a2d0.shtml|access-date=2021-05-23| website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|title=The most in-demand job skills in South Africa right now | url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/490737/the-most-in-demand-job-skills-in-south-africa-right-now-8/ | website=businesstech.co.za | location=South Africa |access-date=2021-05-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=A era da superexploração virtual do trabalho|url=https://outraspalavras.net/outrasmidias/a-era-da-superexploracao-virtual-do-trabalho/ | access-date=2021-05-23 | website=Outras Palavras |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web| last=Royer|first=Alexandrine | date=2021-02-09 | title=The urgent need for regulating global ghost work | url=https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/the-urgent-need-for-regulating-global-ghost-work/ | access-date=2021-05-23| publisher=Brookings Institution |language=en-US}}