Worker Skills And Job Requirements Is There A Mismatch? - Softcover

Handel, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932066160 ISBN 13: 9781932066166

Publisher: Economic Policy Institute, 2004

Synopsis

There is a widespread belief that U.S. workers’ education and skills are not adequate for the demands of jobs in the modern economy, resulting in a mismatch between the skills workers possess and the skills jobs require. Many believe the purported imbalance between the supply and demand in the market for human capital will become even more serious over time. But a closer examination of the issue reveals considerable ambiguity, underscoring the need for better data than are currently available. In fact, after a closer look at the limited and not completely consistent data used to research this issue, the very existence of a skills mismatch or skills shortage may be in doubt and is by no means as obvious as often asserted.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael J. Handel is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute. He studies the growth of wage inequality in the United States and its relationship to technology, skills, and labor market institutions. He is currently conducting a national panel survey of wage and salary workers that address many of the issues raised in this study.

About this edition

• Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1932066160
• ISBN 13: 9781932066166
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 115