The aim of the OECD Skills for Jobs database is to facilitate better adaptation to changing skill needs by making available a database of skill imbalances indicators that is comparable across countries and regularly updated. The Skill Needs Indicators provide an overview of the shortages and surpluses of skills across countries.
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The indicator was calculated by the OECD using data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (LFS: EU), the Permanent Household Survey (EPH: ARG), the Australian Labour Force Survey (AUS), the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA: AUS), Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de DomicĂlios (PNAD: BRA), the Canadian Labour Force Survey (CAN) the Socio-Economic Characterization Survey (CASEN: CHL), the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE: MEX), the New Zealand Labour Force Survey (NZL), the New Zealand Income Survey (NZL), Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (ENAHO: PER), the Turkish Labour Force Survey (TUR), the Current Population Survey (CPS: USA), the South African Labour Force Survey.
Sep-22
The data refer to 2019, with the following exceptions: they refer to 2017 for KOR; 2016 for AUS; 2015 for TUR; 2014 for BRA.
Average percentage of workers that have a qualification or field-of-study that does not match their job's requirements.
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The aim of the OECD Skills for Jobs database is to facilitate better adaptation to changing skill needs by making available a database of skill imbalances indicators that is comparable across countries and regularly updated. The Skill Needs Indicators provide an overview of the shortages and surpluses of skills across countries.
ELSSkills1@oecd.org
The indicator was calculated by the OECD using data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (LFS: EU), the Permanent Household Survey (EPH: ARG), the Australian Labour Force Survey (AUS), the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA: AUS), Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de DomicĂlios (PNAD: BRA), the Canadian Labour Force Survey (CAN) the Socio-Economic Characterization Survey (CASEN: CHL), the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE: MEX), the New Zealand Labour Force Survey (NZL), the New Zealand Income Survey (NZL), Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (ENAHO: PER), the Turkish Labour Force Survey (TUR), the Current Population Survey (CPS: USA), the South African Labour Force Survey.
Average percentage of workers that have a qualification or field-of-study that does not match their job's requirements.
The data refer to 2019, with the following exceptions: they refer to 2017 for KOR; 2016 for AUS; 2015 for TUR; 2014 for BRA.
Sep-22
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