Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractWorld Indicators of Skills for Employment (WISE) provide a comprehensive system of information relating to skills development. WISE presents countries with data upon which they can design skills policies and programs and monitor their impact on key outcomes, including responsiveness to current and emerging patterns of labour market demand, employability, productivity, health status, gender equity and lifelong learning.
The database covers the period from 1990 to the present and consists of five inter-related domains of indicators:
Contextual factors drive both the supply of and demand for skills.
Skill acquisition covers investments in skills, the stock of human capital and its distribution.
Skill requirements measure the demand for skills arising in the labour market.
The degree of matching captures how well skills obtained through education and training correspond to the skills required in the labour market.
Outcomes reflect the impact of skills on economic performance and employment and social outcomes.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedData were extracted from databases and repositories of international organisations including the ILO, OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, and Eurostat and other sources of international data on skills. Some indicators were constructed using primary data sources such as labour force surveys and other household surveys.
Other Aspects Other Aspects Other comments Other commentsConsult the OECD WISE website for more detailed information on World Indicators of Skills for Employment.
Quality comments Quality commentsWhile to the extent possible, the data are compiled, validated and processed in a uniform way, the international comparability of the resulting indicators may be affected by differences across countries and over time in definitions, recording and processing. Therefore, international comparisons between countries and their interpretation should be made with caution.
World Indicators of Skills for Employment (WISE) provide a comprehensive system of information relating to skills development. WISE presents countries with data upon which they can design skills policies and programs and monitor their impact on key outcomes, including responsiveness to current and emerging patterns of labour market demand, employability, productivity, health status, gender equity and lifelong learning.
The database covers the period from 1990 to the present and consists of five inter-related domains of indicators:
Contextual factors drive both the supply of and demand for skills.
Skill acquisition covers investments in skills, the stock of human capital and its distribution.
Skill requirements measure the demand for skills arising in the labour market.
The degree of matching captures how well skills obtained through education and training correspond to the skills required in the labour market.
Outcomes reflect the impact of skills on economic performance and employment and social outcomes.
Data were extracted from databases and repositories of international organisations including the ILO, OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, and Eurostat and other sources of international data on skills. Some indicators were constructed using primary data sources such as labour force surveys and other household surveys.
While to the extent possible, the data are compiled, validated and processed in a uniform way, the international comparability of the resulting indicators may be affected by differences across countries and over time in definitions, recording and processing. Therefore, international comparisons between countries and their interpretation should be made with caution.
Consult the OECD WISE website for more detailed information on World Indicators of Skills for Employment.