Skill Mismatch and Public Policy in OECD Countries

McGowan, Müge Adalet; Andrews, Dan

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“…However, twothirds of the employed doctorate holders did not use their doctoral degree in the recruitment process outside academia, suggesting an important education mismatch. This result is coherent with Mcgowan & Andrews's (2015) observation that highly educated employed population is likely to be affected by job mismatches. Different types of mismatches are defined (Corcoran & Faggian, 2017), in particular qualification mismatch (Green & McIntosh, 2007) and skills mismatch (McGowan & Andrews, 2017).…”

Section: The Importance Of Doctorate Holders' Employability For the Esupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In this dissertation, employment matching refers to the process of finding an alignment between the requirements of a job and its functions and the education and skills of the employee (OECD, 2016). Employment matching is important both for workers, in terms of salary and interest in employment; and for companies, nations and regions especially in the context of a knowledgebased economy, because it implies an optimal use of human capital: negative relations have been found between job mismatches and labour productivity (Mcgowan & Andrews, 2015; McGowan & Andrews, 2017; OECD, 2016). Employment match (or job match) is the successful result of employment matching.…”

Section: Job Mismatches and Employabilitymentioning

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Doctoral education in the entrepreneurial university : enhanced employability?

Germain-Alamartine

2020

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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This dissertation explores the issue of employability of doctorate holders through the theoretical lens of the model of the entrepreneurial university. It starts from the observation that there is a bottleneck in the academic labour market in many countries, making it increasingly difficult for recent doctoral graduates to engage in an academic career. Traditionally, doctoral education was designed for a career in academia; but the employment situations of doctorate holders call for more relevance of doctoral education and doctoral-level skills on the non-academic labour market. The main argument of this dissertation is that the openness and the interactions of the entrepreneurial university with its environment, in particular its region, makes it a relevant model to enhance the employability of doctorate holders outside academia. The thesis is based on five publications written either solely by the author or in collaboration with other scholars, mostly case studies compiling both qualitative and quantitative data and approaches. Three main findings can be highlighted from the research: (i) the entrepreneurial university increases its socioeconomic impact by building an alignment with regional stakeholders over the years and thanks to key individuals, by retaining human and social capital within itself and by broadening the scope of its activities and stakeholders; (ii) doctorate holders' employability is key in the entrepreneurial university's regional socioeconomic impact, as they are increasingly employed outside academia but are likely to experience job mismatches in this situation, mainly related to education and skills; (iii) regional stakeholders can take different types of initiatives to enhance the employability of doctorate holders, and increase the entrepreneurial university's socioeconomic impact: more specifically, doctorate holders and non-academic employers can get to know each other better; intermediaries such as Science Parks can support them through the creation of meeting places. The dissertation contributes to the literature on the entrepreneurial university by focusing on the population of doctoral students and doctorate holders, at the crossroads of its three missions (education, research and 'third mission'). It also suggests the following main recommendations: to universities, beyond adapting the content of doctoral education to the needs of non-academic employers, put emphasis on marketing it to them, so that they understand what it is worth; to doctorate holders, expand their knowledge of career possibilities, and behave entrepreneurially by initiating activities to complement what could be missing in their education; to non-academic employers, collaborate with universities and communicate their needs to them to influence the design of curricula.

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Section: The Importance Of Doctorate Holders' Employability For the Esupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Job Mismatches and Employabilitymentioning

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Doctoral education in the entrepreneurial university : enhanced employability?

Germain-Alamartine

2020

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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“…The education system has not kept pace with ongoing structural transformation towards high technological-and skill-content sectors, resulting in skills shortages despite the high levels of unemployment. Skill mismatches harm productivity growth, and a lack of qualified personnel is one of the main self-reported barriers to innovation among Costa Rican firms and the majority of employers do not think the education system is meeting the economy's needs (UCCAEP, 2011;Adalet McGowan and Andrews, 2015;MICITT, 2016). Increasing basic skills would significantly raise inclusive growth, and initiatives such as the new school curriculum and further developing vocational education should better prepare students for higher education or the workplace.…”

Section: Addressing Skill Shortagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structural policies to boost productivity and inclusion in Costa Rica

Meehan¹

2018

OECD Economics Department Working Papers

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“…Such an environment would increase incentives to innovate by reducing the cost and the administrative burden of starting-up a new company. As innovation is risky and occurs through "trial and error", bankruptcy regulations need to be adapted as to reduce the costs of failure and ease the legal procedures to re-start a business (Adalet McGowan and Andrews, 2015). In particular, governments may want to pay special attention to small young firms that start new activities or adopt new business models enabled by ICTs.…”

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New Markets and New Jobs

2016

OECD Digital Economy Papers

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Skill Mismatch and Public Policy in OECD Countries

Cited by 38 publications

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Doctoral education in the entrepreneurial university : enhanced employability?

Doctoral education in the entrepreneurial university : enhanced employability?

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