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Enhancing employability and skills to meet labour market needs in Italy

Garda, Paula - 2017

The various deficiencies of the labour market and the educational system have resulted in high unemployment, low labour … force participation, low skills levels and high skill mismatch. Job creation is key to tackling the high unemployment rates … a priority. Business involvement in education and training institutions at all educational levels will be paramount to …

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Rejuvenating Greece's labour market to generate more and higher-quality jobs

Bulman, Tim - 2020

picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The …

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Labour market, welfare reform and inequality in the United Kingdom

André, Christophe; García, Clara; Giupponi, Giulia; … - 2013

Employment has risen by more and unemployment has risen less than expected, given the path of output. Nevertheless …, long-term and youth unemployment and involuntary part-time work are high. A polarised labour market risks worsening income …

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Skills at work : how skills and their use matter in the labour market

Quintini, Glenda - 2014

Human capital is key for economic growth. Not only is it linked to aggregate economic performance but also to each individual’s labour market outcomes. However, a skilled population is not enough to achieve high and inclusive growth, as skills need to be put into productive use at work. Thanks...

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Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions in the Czech Republic

Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015

market needs requires active participation of social partners, students and education institutions. The rapid expansion of …

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Skills and inclusive growth in Sweden

Pareliussen, Jon K.; Bussi, Margherita; André, Christophe - 2015

A highly skilled workforce is crucial to sustain competitiveness and contain the rise in income inequality. Recent surveys of adult skills and educational performance suggest that younger cohorts are doing less well than their predecessors. Many immigrants struggle both in school and in the...

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Skills and labour market performance in Sweden

Bussi, Margherita; Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2015

Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of...

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Making employment more inclusive in the Netherlands

Baker, Mark; Gielens, Lindy - 2018

The Dutch labour market has recovered and the unemployment rate has been converging towards pre-crisis levels. Non …

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Automation, skills use and training

Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Quintini, Glenda - 2018

This study focuses on the risk of automation and its interaction with training and the use of skills at work. Building on the expert assessment carried out by Carl Frey and Michael Osborne in 2013, the paper estimates the risk of automation for individual jobs based on the Survey of Adult Skills...

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Do digital skill certificates help new workers enter the market? : evidence from an online labour platform

Kässi, Otto; Lehdonvirta, Vili - 2019

This paper studies the effects of a voluntary skill certification scheme in an online freelancing labour market. The paper show that obtaining skill certificates increases a worker’s earnings. This effect is not driven by increased worker productivity but by decreased employer uncertainty. The...

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