Ensuring skills are available in the right locations: are we there yet? A regional analysis of qualification gaps

Sevinç, Deniz; Green, Anne; Bryson, John R.; Collinson, Simon; Riley, Rebecca; Adderley, Simon

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1740190

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“…This research helps answer a key question: Is the expansion of HE and consequently the supply of graduates to the labour market the solution for skill problems? The evidence reported above underlines the need to take the regional level into consideration when 21 exploring skill problems (Froy, Giguère, and Hofer 2012;Sevinc et al 2020). The data collected tend to go in the opposite direction of the most cited arguments in favour of HE expansion (COM 2017).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…It is argued that a qualified workforce is a necessary condition to reduce disparity among regions and increase competitiveness (OECD 2016, Froy, Giguère, andHofer 2012); to boost some value-added activities (McCann and Ortega-Argilés 2015); and to create challenging jobs at the regional level (Østbye et al 2018). However, recent literature raises the question of the drivers of growth and discusses the role of skill mismatch in regional labour markets (Sevinc et al 2020). It suggests that skill shortages thwart regions' performance and prevent them from harnessing their potential.…”

Section: Skill Shortages and Solutions At The Regional Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, whereas some regions may experience severe shortages in particular skills, others enjoy a skill surplus (Cameron 2011). In this context, Sevinc et al (2020) propose methodological tools to forecast the skill supply and demand in three regions in the UK with a view to reducing the skill mismatch.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This encourages researchers to study skill problems and solutions, including regional partnerships, using the regional level as the unit of analysis (e.g. Froy, Giguère, and Hofer 2012;Sevinc et al 2020).…”

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Tackling regional skill shortages: from single employer strategies to local partnerships

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Araújo

2021

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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This research examines regional skill problems and the strategies implemented to reduce skill shortages by a set of employers (n=16). The data collected in 2019 in a northern region in Portugal indicate considerable and persistent shortages of engineering and IT graduates and non-graduates for operational jobs. The employers implement anticipative strategies interacting with the education system, and the city council has developed a multi-stakeholder partnership.However, the most widespread strategy is remedial and consists of employerprovided training. Employers believe that the partnership has been a fruitful way of expanding economic activities, but further efforts are required to alleviate skill shortages.

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Section: Skill Shortages and Solutions At The Regional Levelmentioning

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Tackling regional skill shortages: from single employer strategies to local partnerships

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2021

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“…Skills mismatch is a significant challenge across UK regions(Sevinc et al, 2020).6 If employment is being poached, the financial benefit is subdued. 7 World-leading industrial clusters can be located in regions which are otherwise performing poorly.…”

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Unlocking public procurement as a tool for place-based industrial strategy

Day

Merkert

2021

Regional Studies

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The Global Financial Crisis and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the perils of industrial atrophy and spatial inequality rampant within advanced economies. Despite growing interest in lifting economic performance on the part of scholars and practitioners, the nature of entrenched economic frameworks limits the extent of effective intervention. By taking an interdisciplinary approach and reviewing extant literature examining the underestimated value of advanced manufacturing, this paper identifies a context in which government can use its procurement power in a non-discriminatory manner. The nature of agglomeration economies, employment substitution and diseconomies of scale suggests that the overlooked financial benefits of place-based industrial strategy around advanced manufacturing clusters are greatest in lagging regions.

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Educational (mis)match in the context of new manufacturing: A qualitative comparative analysis study in five European countries

Barzotto

2023

Int. J Fin Econ

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The article examines the interplay between shop‐floor employees' educational levels, and firms' training strategies (expressed by the breadth of the training, the extent of the advanced IT training, and skills development in collaboration with local or national technical schools), leading to multinational companies' educational (mis)match in the context of the new model of manufacturing, known as ‘Industry 4.0.’ Following a survey of 26 senior managers from different companies operating in four advanced manufacturing industries (biotech, engineering, fashion and new materials) in five European countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK), a fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA) is applied. The results suggest several equifinal paths to corporate educational (mis)match. The findings reveal the need for a more hybridised coexistence between tertiary education and training activities, which can emerge from the cooperation of local actors (education/training institutions and businesses together). Tertiary education, training programmes focused on advanced IT skills, and collaborating with local knowledge providers can reinforce the effect; indeed, their presence (singly or in combination) intensifying the achievement of high levels of educational match. In the absence of these conditions (singly or in combination), a broad training programme can act as a counterbalance and vice versa. Policymakers should put in place tools to enable more inclusive access to collaborations between local businesses and knowledge providers, promoting an upgrade of educational programmes to develop shop‐floor workers who are more digitally aware, and better prepared to successfully undertake non‐routine cognitive tasks. This would foster the self‐sustainability and flourishing of advanced manufacturing in high‐income countries.

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Ensuring skills are available in the right locations: are we there yet? A regional analysis of qualification gaps

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Tackling regional skill shortages: from single employer strategies to local partnerships

Tackling regional skill shortages: from single employer strategies to local partnerships

Unlocking public procurement as a tool for place-based industrial strategy

Educational (mis)match in the context of new manufacturing: A qualitative comparative analysis study in five European countries

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