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Evidence of skills shortages and general trends in employment and the value of better labour market information systems

Labour shortages or mismatches are a major factor inhibiting investment and economic development across [Asia-Pacif ... Show more
Labour shortages or mismatches are a major factor inhibiting investment and economic development across [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] APEC. In order to establish an appropriate regional response to the supply of skilled labour it is necessary to adopt a comprehensive strategy for monitoring labour force demand and supply across the APEC region. This report outlines the reasoning.
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Authors: Iredale, Robyn; Toner, Phillip; Turpin, Tim; Fernandez-Esquinas, Manuel

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania; North America ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Labour market; Skills and knowledge; Employment ... [+] Show more
Collaborations between foreign-invested enterprises and China's VET schools: making the system work amid localised skill shortages

This article examines collaborative initiatives individual foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) develop with China's ... Show more
This article examines collaborative initiatives individual foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) develop with China's vocational education and training (VET) schools amid localised shortages of skilled workers. It thus focuses on employer initiatives in responding to VET system weaknesses rather than, as is common, those weaknesses. Using Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) as the research site, it provides a local labour market perspective for understanding how firms have redirected their interactions with local VET institutions in an economically advanced area. As a mixed-method study, data collection was through face-to-face interviews with FIE managers and local government officials and firm-level surveys. Employer initiatives take a number of forms and follow diverse motivations. Motivations include firm-focused needs and commitments to improving the system. A firm's duration in SIP explains choices for more, and more demanding collaborations. Furthermore, through their collaborative programmes, the most engaged FIEs reshape those VET schools and also the choices of other local FIEs.
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Authors: Li, Yiqiong; Sheldon, Peter

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: China; Asia

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Journal of vocational education and training

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Finance ... [+] Show more
Foreign workers and labour shortages in East Asia: implications for the EU

Skill shortages occur in dynamic economies, and most East Asian countries have anticipated and minimized them throu ... Show more
Skill shortages occur in dynamic economies, and most East Asian countries have anticipated and minimized them through public investments in education, incentives for firms to provide training and 'employer-driven' immigration systems. Investments in education have increased supply of highly skilled workers, which has led to some emigration and reduced the availability of low-skilled workers, prompting employers to request foreign workers. However, making low-skilled foreign workers available becomes self-reinforcing, since it encourages more local workers to acquire skills to avoid competing with low-skilled migrants. Policy-makers should be mindful of the treadmill impacts of employer-driven low-skilled labor migration policies on inequality and social friction.
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Authors: Abella, Manolo

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Asia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Comparative Immigration and Integration Program (UC Berkeley. Institute of European Studies)

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

Evidence of skills shortages and general trends in employment and the value of better labour market information systems

Collaborations between foreign-invested enterprises and China's VET schools: making the system work amid localised skill shortages

Foreign workers and labour shortages in East Asia: implications for the EU