Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies

Kupets, Olga

doi:10.15185/izawol.224

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“…However, as the previous studies have shown they were seriously misskilled for the new economy which was rapidly developing. Indeed, some studies have shown that formal overeducation in transitioning economies can be part of the skills mismatch, especially as it limits flexibility (Kupets, 2015). Economic restructuring in transitioning countries has, generally, resulted in certain skill shortages and surpluses of others.…”

Section: Misskilled Labour Forcementioning

confidence: 99%

Wałbrzych: A Microcosm of Post-Communist Transition

2022

IJSSHR

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This article focuses on Wałbrzych as a microcosm of post-communist transition, taking inspiration from Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse, which focused on Wroclaw. The research questions are what problems the city faced in the post-communist transition and how the city tackled these problems. The city faced my challenges, not least its deeply problematic reputation and being unfashionable. This, as well the city’s competitive disadvantage, drove outward migration, both to other cities in Poland and abroad. Moreover, the city’s industrial, developed according to communist ideals, was ill suited to the modern era and had also led to a misskilled labour force. In attempting to tackle these issues the city relied on tactics such as special economic zones, which may themselves lead to further problems in the future. While the percentage of unemployed remained higher than the rest of Silesia and Poland, the city did succeed in cutting it to a very reasonable level, as well as attracting migrants from abroad, mainly Ukraine. Despite managing to tackle some of the issues it faced, Wałbrzych will never be as popular or prestigious as some cities, which is exactly what makes it such an interesting case study – as many cities across the post-communist space face issues and increasingly seem to be finding similar responses.

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Section: Misskilled Labour Forcementioning

confidence: 99%

Wałbrzych: A Microcosm of Post-Communist Transition

2022

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“…In other words, various literature from previous studies only examined the company's point of view in overcoming skill mismatch. Kupets (2015) mentioned that the contribution of skill mismatch to happen in companies is that companies do not adapt to technological developments, do not provide training to employees, do not cooperate with educational institutions, employees who make mistakes in career decisions and do not adapt to the development of demand skills and technology and also ongoing training. Further, he mentioned that companies also do not provide relevant labor market information, do not provide adult training and other support to workers and do not encourage job creation and internship application.…”

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A qualitative study on learning organization as an essential action lowering skill mismatch effects

Dewi

Dwiatmadja

Suharti

2019

BTP

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Skill mismatch phenomenon has been discussed in various scientific journals as it is proven to lower productivity and weaken competitiveness. Understanding the skill mismatch effect on competitiveness leads to a new way of thinking about how to manage skill mismatch for the organization sustainability. Previous researches recognize the concept of organizational management in order to be able to compete by creating a learning organization environment. Adhering to the learning organization principles, individuals within the organization should increase their capacity and thus minimizing the negative effects caused by the skill mismatch effects. This study chooses hotel business as an observation unit as the hotel is such a storefront of tourism in Indonesia. The research was done in a descriptive-qualitative manner and used five-stars hotel in Indonesia. The results supported the previous researches on learning organization and training prior to working The findings indicated that in the process of organizational learning in the hospitality business, it was originally started with the involvement of the company or institutionalizing. The originality of this research is presented in the use of the 4i framework in organizational learning to evaluate the skill mismatch.

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“…The different scenarios serve to identify important country‐specific policy options that can help to mitigate projected labour market imbalances among different skill groups. The analysis of skills imbalances in transition economies, such as the WB6, is important as skills imbalances tend to be of a different nature in terms of extent and permanence (Kupets, 2015a, 2015b). In the WB6, imbalances are a more long‐term phenomenon than in developed economies and therefore impose higher social costs (Bartlett et al, 2012).…”

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A skill‐specific dynamic labour supply and labour demand framework: A scenario analysis for the Western Balkan countries to 2030

Leitner

2022

Labour

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This paper pursues a scenario analysis to shed light on past and potential future labour supply and labour demand dynamics of different skill groups in the six Western Balkan countries (WB6). It differentiates between four educational levels (low, medium-general, medium-VET, and high) and looks at a medium-term projection period until 2030. Starting from a baseline scenario, it examines how several different scenarios would affect the employment situation of different skill groups. These scenarios are built on the possible impact which potential labour market policies, education policies, migration flows and policies as well as GDP growth developments and structural change could have on 'surplus' and 'shortage' situations of different skill groups. Simulation results of the baseline scenario show that both labour shortage and excess labour for different skill groups would coexist alongside each other within the projection period. In all WB6 countries, the low educated (given their low activity rates) would experience labour shortages either already within or shortly after the projection period. Similarly, while Med-VETs, Med-GENs and the highly educated would also face labour shortages within or shortly after the projection period in the majority of WB6 countries, in some of these countries, there would also be evidence of growing excess labour, such as among Med-VETs in Montenegro and Kosovo, Med-GENs in Kosovo and the highly educated in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Additional scenarios point to important country-specific policy options that can help to mitigate these projected labour market imbalances among different skill groups and, furthermore, contribute to an improved economic development trajectory for these economies.

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Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Wałbrzych: A Microcosm of Post-Communist Transition

Wałbrzych: A Microcosm of Post-Communist Transition

A qualitative study on learning organization as an essential action lowering skill mismatch effects

A skill‐specific dynamic labour supply and labour demand framework: A scenario analysis for the Western Balkan countries to 2030

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