Wilson, Neil R. (2012) Future skills supply and demand in Europe. Luxembourg: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. (Cedefop research papers).

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Abstract

According to the forecasts, assuming a slow but steady recovery, up to 2020, the European economy will create some eight million new jobs. However, nearly 10 times as many jobs, around 75 million, will need to be filled as people retire or leave the workforce. Although there will be job openings for all types of occupations, most new jobs will be at the higher and lower end of the skill spectrum bringing a risk of job polarisation. Weak employment growth indicates that there may be an oversupply of people with high-level qualifications in the short term, but by 2020, Europe will have the most highly-qualified workforce in its history. This publication provides the data behind these trends and discusses the challenges they pose for policy-makers.

Item Type:	Report
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Vocational education -- Forecasting -- European Union countries, Supply and demand, Labor market , Manpower planning
Series Name:	Cedefop research papers
Publisher:	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Place of Publication:	Luxembourg
ISBN:	9789289611282
Official Date:	December 2012
Dates:	Date Event December 2012 Published
Number:	26
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

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