Skills mismatch, productivity and policies : Evidence from the second wave of PIAAC

Müge Adalet McGowani ; Dan Andrewsi iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: reallocation;    framework policies;    education;    human capital;    labour mobility;    productivity;    skill mismatch;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/65dab7c6-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

This paper extends earlier OECD work exploring the link between skills mismatch, productivity and policies to include the countries in the second wave of OECD Survey of Adult Skills, with a special focus on New Zealand. We find that the percentage of workers who are mismatched in terms of skills is 28% in New Zealand, slightly over the OECD average of 25%. The share of over-skilling is at the OECD average of 18%, while the share of under-skilling - at around 10% - is also above the OECD average of 7%. The results suggest that improving the allocation of skills to OECD best practice could be associated with an increase in productivity of around 7% in New Zealand.