Transcript Kathrin Höckel

New Skills for New Jobs?
Sarajevo, 12-13 July 2012
The OECD Skills Strategy
Better skills, better jobs, better lives
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The OECD Skills Strategy
Better skills, better jobs, better lives
Kathrin Höckel, OECD
New Skills for New Jobs in the Western Balkans?
Sarajevo, 12-13 July 2012
Country A
Country B
University
Upper secondary
Not completed school
University
Upper secondary
Not completed school
University
Upper secondary
Not completed school
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Skills are not the same as qualifications
Skill score
Interquartile range in skill distribution by educational qualification
350
300
250
200
150
Country C
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Unemployment and skills shortages
can
coexist
Unemployment rates (2011)
Share of employers reporting recruitment difficulties (2010)
Poland
Ireland
Norway
Spain
South Africa
United Kingdom
Sweden
Netherlands
France
Czech Republic
Hungary
China
Austria
Slovenia
Italy
Canada
Belgium
Germany
Greece
Mexico
New Zealand
Switzerland
Turkey
United States
Australia
Brazil
India
Japan
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10
20
30
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The OECD Skills Strategy
Learning beyond school
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Cross-sectional skill-age profiles for youths by education and work status
Mean skill score
320
310
300
Youth in education
and work
Youth in
education
290
280
270
Youth in work
260
250
240
230
220
16
17
18
Not in education,
not in work
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Age
Linear (In education only)
Linear (Work only)
Linear (In education and work)
Linear (NEET)
Use them or lose them
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Skills by age
Skill score
305
295
285
275
265
255
245
235
225
15
25
35
45
55
Age
No adjustment
Adjusted for immigrant status and education
Adjusted for immigrant status, education and reading engagement
65
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Labour force participation varies
Percentage of 25-64-year-olds active in the labour market, 2010
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Evidence on the link between skill mismatch and earnings
Skill mismatch and earnings are strongly related
3000
Monthly wages US$
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2500

2000
1500
1000
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Age
HIGH-SKILL MATCH (high foundation skill, high use)
SKILL DEFICIT (low foundation skill, high use)
SKILL SURPLUS (high foundation skill, low use)
LOW-SKILL MATCH (low foundation skill, low use)
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The OECD Skills Strategy
Better skills, better jobs, better lives
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