Forecasting labour markets in OECD countries : measuring and tackling mismatches /

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Imprint:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2002.
Description:	xv, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Labour markets and employment policy
Subject:	Employment forecasting -- OECD countries. Labor market -- OECD countries. Employment forecasting. Labor market. OECD countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4828206

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Other authors / contributors:	Neugart, Michael, 1970- Schömann, Klaus, 1961-
ISBN:	1843760134
Notes:	"Most of the contributions in this volume ... stem from the workshop 'Learning processes and future needs of qualifications in the OECD', held at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Why forecast and for whom? Some introductory remarks / Michael Neugart and Klaus Schomann
2. Occupations and skills in the United States: projection methods and results through 2008 / Burt S. Barnow
3. Forecasting future skill needs in Canada / Douglas A. Smith
4. Labour market forecasting in Japan: methodology, main results and implications / Fujikazu Suzuki
5. Projections and institutions: the state of play in Britain / Robert M. Lindley
6. A review of occupational employment forecasting for Ireland / Jerry Sexton
7. Beyond manpower planning: a labour market model for the Netherlands and its forecasts to 2006 / Frank Corvers, Andries de Grip and Hans Heijke
8. French occupational outlooks by 2010: a quantitative approach based on the FLIP-FAP model / Agnes Topiol
9. Projections of qualifications and occupations in Austria: short-term approaches, macro perspective and emphasis on the supply side / Lorenz Lassnigg
10. Projecting labour market developments in Spain through 2010: from massive unemployment to skill gaps and labour shortages? / Ferran Mane and Josep Oliver-Alonso.

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