This paper reviews the recent economic literature on skill mismatch and skill shortages with a focus on Europe. The review starts with a conceptual overview of skill mismatch and skill shortages and how to measure them. An issue discussed in the first section is the measurement of job...

The digital revolution and automation are accelerating changes in the labour market and in workplace skills. Affected by changes in international economics and opportunities for employment, in the workplace individuals seek to acquire relevant skills and retain transferable skills to be...

This working paper presents results of an assessment of the representativeness of information collected from online job advertisements (OJA) in establishing the number of labour market vacancies in EU Member States. Two external data sources were used, Labour force survey (LFS) and Job vacancies...

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have adverse and non-uniform impacts on future employment prospects for different job positions in the EU. We investigate two possible determinants of the variation of future employment loss due to the pandemic: the potential of a job to be carried out 'from...

Not long before the coronavirus outbreak, fears about artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and machines resulting in a jobless society were widespread. Concerns have resurfaced in light of the COVID-19 crisis potentially accentuating automation. This study utilises a novel big data set based...

Im Zentrum der repräsentativen Befragung "Anforderungen an den Berufseinstieg aus Sicht der jungen Generation" stehen junge Menschen im Alter zwischen 18 und 34 Jahren, die mindestens eine abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung vorweisen können. Laut Mikrozensus (2005) handelt es sich bei dieser...