Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the current situation prevailing in the Greek market for skills and … jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic … rich skills reserves. …

workers can attend complex jobs, it compares their involvement in various forms of post-school skills formation. The countries … skills at all have the largest contribution but small businesses tend to employ low educated workers at a large scale even in … highly complex jobs. In Hungary, insufficient skills (relative to Norway) and an undersized small-firm sector (relative to …

productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …