Search Results - subject:"middle skills"

Assessing the current and future middle skills in the Philippines : inputs for policy agenda

Monteverde, Richard P.; Mejia, Ivy P.; Dasas, Louie B.; … - 2025

This study explores the conceptualization and operationalization of middle skills within the Philippine context …, examining how various institutions define and implement middle-skills training. It also assesses the alignment of these training … rates and salary levels, demonstrating the viability of middle-skills pathways that do not require a four-year degree …

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Upskilling: do employers demand greater skill when skilled workers are plentiful?

Modestino, Alicia Sasser; Shoag, Daniel; Ballance, Joshua - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - 2015

The Great Recession and subsequent recovery have been particularly painful for low-skilled workers. From 2007 to 2012, the unemployment rate rose by 6.4 percentage points for noncollege workers while it rose by only 2.3 percentage points for the college educated. This differential impact was...

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Training trends : macro, micro, and policy issues

Cascio, Wayne F. - In: Human resource management review 29 (2019) 2, pp. 284-297

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Upskilling: Do employers demand greater skill when skilled workers are plentiful?

Sasser Modestino, Alicia; Shoag, Daniel; Ballance, Joshua - 2014

Using a large database of online job postings, we demonstrate that employee skill requirements rise when there is a larger supply of relevant job seekers. We identify this effect using variation across time, occupations, and places, which allows us to control for potentially confounding factors....

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Asia Strategy on International Migration

Iguchi, Yasushi - In: Public Policy Review 10 (2014) 1, pp. 109-151

Japan needs to develop a strategy for planning and realizing economic integration suitable for Asia. Such a strategy should cover not only liberalization of trade in goods and services and investment but also management of international migration. When developing the strategy, it is important to...

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Upskilling : do employers demand greater skill when skilled workers are plentiful?

Sasser, Alicia; Shoag, Daniel W.; Ballance, Joshua - 2014 - This version: January 30, 2015

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Asia strategy on international migration

Iguchi, Yasushi - In: Public policy review 10 (2014) 1, pp. 109-151

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