The objective of this study is to implement Article 30 of [European Employment Services] EURES Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and identify the surplus and shortage occupations including their gender composition, their share of vulnerable groups, their regional distribution and their potential to match shortages in an occupation with surpluses in the same occupation across frontiers and regions. The study offers details of surplus and shortage occupations by using information provided by the EURES National Coordination Offices (NCOs) and an analysis of the European Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Only twen
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The objective of this study is to implement Article 30 of [European Employment Services] EURES Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and identify the surplus and shortage occupations including their gender composition, their share of vulnerable groups, their regional distribution and their potential to match shortages in an occupation with surpluses in the same occupation across frontiers and regions. The study offers details of surplus and shortage occupations by using information provided by the EURES National Coordination Offices (NCOs) and an analysis of the European Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Only twenty-four different occupations were classified as both shortage and surplus occupations by the NCOs. The list of twenty-four occupations includes occupations from the professional, craft and clerical categories. The analysis of LFS data showed that significant gender segmentation was associated with both shortage and surplus occupations identified by the NCOs. For example, males dominate STEM (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics) related occupations where there are extensive shortages, while females dominate the clerical group, which contains many surplus occupations. Both the list of surplus occupations and the list of shortage occupations, identified by the PES/national sources, contained a significant number of occupations which have a large share of unqualified workers. This may reflect the fact that many labour markets in the EU are approaching the status of 'full employment' and jobseekers in these labour markets have a greater range of choice of where to work.
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