Abstract
National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program Research Report
This report investigates skill matches to job requirements for workers in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. It might be expected that differences between the four countries in economic growth, technological innovation and structural change in the labour market may have led to differences in job skill requirements and use. This research finds, however, that the broad match of workers to jobs that use their skills is quite similar for the four countries, although some differences in the patterns of skill use over time were identified.
This report investigates skill matches to job requirements for workers in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. It might be expected that differences between the four countries in economic growth, technological innovation and structural change in the labour market may have led to differences in job skill requirements and use. This research finds, however, that the broad match of workers to jobs that use their skills is quite similar for the four countries, although some differences in the patterns of skill use over time were identified.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Adelaide |
| Publisher | National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) |
| Commissioning body | National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978 1 921955 51 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 1 921955 52 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Oct 2011 |