Our Research

Our work on the Quality of Employment (QoE) proposes a measure of multidimensional deprivation in the labour market. The QoE index expands our knowledge of employment by measuring job quality at the level of individual workers. It summarises three dimensions of employment (income, job stability and working conditions) to identify which workers experience the most precarious employment situations. The index allows policy makers to compare results across countries, within countries, and across different groups in the population or geographical spaces. Active labour market or social policies can then be focused on those most in need.

Working Papers

Prieto Suarez, Joaquín (2021) A multidimensional approach to measuring economic insecurity: the case of Chile. International Inequalities Institute Working Papers (70). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Prieto Suarez, Joaquín (2021) Poverty traps and affluence shields: modelling the persistence of income position in Chile. International Inequalities Institute Working Papers (66). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Brain, Isabel and Prieto Suarez, Joaquín (2021) Understanding changes in the geography of opportunity over time: the case of Santiago, Chile. International Inequalities Institute Working Papers (63). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Apablaza, Mauricio, Sehnbruch, Kirsten, González, Pablo and Méndez Pineda, Rocío (2021) Regional inequality in multidimensional quality of employment (QoE): insights from Chile, 1996-2017. International Inequalities Institute Working Papers (61). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Sehnbruch, Kirsten, Carranza, Rafael and Contreras, Dante (2020) Unemployment insurance in Chile: lessons from a high inequality developing country. Working paper (54). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.