Table 1.

Review of 18 existent quality of work instruments.

Name	Key Concepts	Reference
Laeken indicators of job quality (Laeken)	Income, Inequality, Material deprivation, Education, Health, Work/labor market	[5]
The European Job Quality Index (EJQI)	Wages, Non-standard forms of employment, Working time and work-life balance, Working conditions and job security, Skills and Career development, Collective interest representation and voice	[19]
European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)	Working in Europe, Working environment and work organization, Quality of work and employment	[18]
Good Jobs Index (GJI)	Wages, income, poverty, Labor market segregation, Labor standards	[24]
Decent Work Index-1 (DWI-1)	Employment opportunities, Work conditions, Social security, Collective bargaining	[25]
Decent Work Index-2 (DWI-2)	Labor market security, Employment security	[26]
Decent Work Index-3 (DWI-3)	Economic equity	[27]
Decent Work Index-4 (DWI-4)	Economic democracy	[28]
Quality of Employment Indicators (QEI)	Work-life balance, Health and well-being, Skills development, Employment security	[29]
Indicators of Job Quality (IJQ)	Salary, Benefits, Work conditions, Well-being	[21]
Subjective Quality of Working Life Index (SQWLI)	Working conditions, Satisfaction, Security, Self-realization	[30]
DGB Good Work Index (DGBI)	Resources, Workload and stress, Income and security	[20]
Austrian Work Climate Index (WCI)	Economic and social change, Work conditions	[31]
Indicators of Quality of the Labor Market (IQL)	Employment quality	[22,23]
Quality of Work in Flanders (QWF)	Stress, Well-being, Learning opportunities, Work-life balance	[32]
Tangian’s proposal (Tangian)	Working conditions, Job quality	[33,34]
Good and Bad Jobs Index (GBJI)	Job satisfaction, Individual characteristics, Employer and workplace characteristics	[17]
Index of the characteristics related to the quality of employment (ICQE)	Employment quality, Enhanced capability, Labor market	[35]