Showing 1 - 10 of 939
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101596
better understanding of temporary skills-qualifications mismatch typical for student workers by analysing the preferences of … student vacancies require, on average, fewer skills than non-student positions, there is strong correlation between formal … sophistication of a job vacancy and the required minimum educational level, as well as required skills for both student and non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288524
We use information from the new OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) to investigate the link between job tasks and … cognitive skill demand in 22 advanced economies. Skill demand is operationalized by the assessed literacy and numeracy skills of … workers with well-matched skills to their job duties. Jobs are categorised according to the nature of tasks, including the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347287
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226717
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238208
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439907
Using a novel database of 82.5 million online job postings, we show that employer skill requirements fell as the labor market improved from 2010 to 2014. We find that a 1 percentage point reduction in the local unemployment rate is associated with a roughly 0.27 percentage point reduction in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536223
This study analyses the 2004 Eastern Enlargement to the European Union to obtain evidence on the employment effects of an increase in trade liberalisation. The Enlargement is thought to generate a trade-induced demand shock with no (or only limited) supply effects. Besides the variation over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457910
This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact on wages. We observe high levels of demand for skilled labour that have intensified a trend already established before 1994. Over the period 2001-12 employment within the primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413608