Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2017
480 pages
978-1-78714-921-2 (ISBN)
Description
The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills. Concerns that economic restructuring and changing skill needs associated with new technologies and workplace organization practices will not be met by an adequately skilled workforce, has placed the issue of skill mismatch - the incongruence between skill supply and skill demand - high up in the policy agenda. This volume contains eleven original research articles which deal with the linkages between education and skills and the causes and consequences of different types of skill mismatch. Topics include the way graduate jobs can be defined, the labor market decisions and outcomes of graduates, the determinants of the overeducation wage penalty, the determinants and consequences of underskilling, the wage return of skills, the impact of skill mismatch on aggregate productivity, and the role of work-related training and job complexity on skill development.
Reviews / Votes
This volume compiles 11 articles on the disparity between skill supply and skill demand in labor markets, examining the link between education and skills and the causes and consequences of different types of skill mismatch, focusing on the ways workers can develop their skills and how workplaces use or not use them. Researchers mainly from Europe consider how graduate jobs can be defined, the labor market decisions and outcomes of graduates, the determinants and consequences of the overeducation wage penalty and underskilling, the wage return of skills, the impact of skill mismatch on aggregate productivity, and the role of work-related training and job complexity in skill development. -- Annotation (c)2017 Ringgold Inc. * (protoview.com) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
19,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78714-921-2 (9781787149212)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Solomon W. Polachek, State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA, Konstantinos Pouliakas, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), University of Aberdeen and IZA
Giovanni Russo, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and IZA
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, University of Nottingham and IZA
Giovanni Russo, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and IZA
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, University of Nottingham and IZA
Content
Preface; Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giovanni Russo, Konstantinos Tatsiramos To Be or not to Be a Scientist; Arnauld Chevalier
Cross-National Deployment of "Graduate Jobs": Analysis using a new indicator based on high skills use; Golo Henseke, Francis Green
Deconstructing Theories of Overeducation in Europe: A wage decomposition approach; Seamus McGuinness, Konstantinos Pouliakas
The Changing Occupational Distribution by College Major; Michael R. Ransom, Aaron Phipps
Skilled or Educated? Educational reforms, human capital and earnings; Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Castelnovo, Daniele Checchi, Marco Leonardi
Labor Market Mismatch and Labor Productivity: Evidence from PIAAC data; Muege Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews
Much Ado ABout Nothing? The wage penalty of holding a PhD degree but not a PhD position; Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, Francesco Pastore
Rethinking Underskilling in Europe; Ilias Livanos, Imanol Nunez
Are Skills Deficits Always Bad? Towards a learning perspective on skill mismatches; Rolf van der Velden, Dieter Verhaest
Work-Related Learning and Skill Development in Europe: Does initial skill mismatch matter?; Maria Ferreira, Annemarie Kuenn-Nelen, Andries De Grip
Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace; Giovanni Russo
Cross-National Deployment of "Graduate Jobs": Analysis using a new indicator based on high skills use; Golo Henseke, Francis Green
Deconstructing Theories of Overeducation in Europe: A wage decomposition approach; Seamus McGuinness, Konstantinos Pouliakas
The Changing Occupational Distribution by College Major; Michael R. Ransom, Aaron Phipps
Skilled or Educated? Educational reforms, human capital and earnings; Lorenzo Cappellari, Paolo Castelnovo, Daniele Checchi, Marco Leonardi
Labor Market Mismatch and Labor Productivity: Evidence from PIAAC data; Muege Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews
Much Ado ABout Nothing? The wage penalty of holding a PhD degree but not a PhD position; Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, Francesco Pastore
Rethinking Underskilling in Europe; Ilias Livanos, Imanol Nunez
Are Skills Deficits Always Bad? Towards a learning perspective on skill mismatches; Rolf van der Velden, Dieter Verhaest
Work-Related Learning and Skill Development in Europe: Does initial skill mismatch matter?; Maria Ferreira, Annemarie Kuenn-Nelen, Andries De Grip
Job Design and Skill Development in the Workplace; Giovanni Russo
