This paper analyses employment transitions and workers' skills in Brazil using a random sample from the universe of … findings confirm that workers who use non-routine cognitive skills intensively experience the highest employment growth rates …

Strong and relevant skills are vital for helping Iceland to adjust to rapidly changing technology and competition in … background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … provide skills needed by the labour market. A comprehensive approach is required to strengthen skills, based on systematic …

The OECD Survey of Adult Skills is the jewel in the crown of its Programme for the International Assessment of Adult … its two predecessor international skills surveys. Second, it outlines the main themes which have been investigated to date …

with demand for broader skill sets, and the firm characteristics that are related to particular skills and different … combinations of skills. We use a unique matched database of firm-level data and online job vacancy data for a developing economy … requirements across firms within the same occupations. Additionally, we show that firms demanding diverse skills differ from their …

We assess whether online data on vacancies and applications to a job board are a suitable source for studying skills … dynamics outside of Europe and the United States, where a rich literature has examined skills dynamics using online vacancy … data. Yet, the knowledge on skills dynamics is scarce for other countries, irrespective of their level of development. We …