The Online Labour Index (OLI) is an

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measuring the activity of the global online

gig-economy The gig economy is the economic system by which a workforce of people (known as gig workers) engage in freelance and/or side-employment. Description The gig economy is composed of corporate entities, workers and consumers. The Internal Reven ...

. It was created and is administered by the researchers

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, at the

Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research, combining social and computer science to explore information, communication, and technology. It is an integral part of the University of Oxford's Social Science ...

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. 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.

Online Labour Observatory

Since 2021, the OLI is hosted on the Online Labour Observatory, a joint project of the

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