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Perspectives on skill shortages

The topic of skill shortages has reemerged as an important issue with calls for increased levels of government inte ... Show more
The topic of skill shortages has reemerged as an important issue with calls for increased levels of government intervention to alleviate this problem. In order for intervention to be successful, it is important that there is some understanding of the economics of skill shortages. This working paper aims to provide a brief outline of the economics of skill shortages as well as evaluating the effects that different responses aimed at alleviating such shortages may have. It is shown that training is only one of many possible responses and, in the case of Queensland, the available data suggests that options beyond increases in the level of publicly funded training may need to be considered to overcome current shortages. Show less

Authors: Trendle, Bernard

Corporate authors: Queensland. Department of Employment and Training. Labour Market Research Unit (LMRU)

Date: 2005

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Queensland

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Labour Market Research Unit working paper series

Subjects: Governance; Skills and knowledge; Labour market ... [+] Show more