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European Centre of Expertise (ECE) in the Field of Labour Law, Employment and Labour Market Policies
Dominique AnxoThomas Ericson
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Labour Market Policy Thematic Review 2019 : Skills Imbalances : Sweden
出版Publications Office of the European Union, 2019
ISBN92762513089789276251309
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=aunCzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋As in many other post-industrial societies, the production of goods and services in Sweden relies heavily on technological progress and the increasing productivity of organisations, both in the private and the public sector. This poses high demands on the skill-level of the labour force, both in terms of their educational background and their ability to acquire new skills during their working life. Despite an expansion of higher education during recent decades, there are significant skills shortages in many occupational areas, in particular in the public sector for welfare, healthcare and education, and in the private sector for industrial production. Sweden is a small open economy that relies heavily on international trade in goods and services, and where production in high-tech industries is a central component of Swedish exports. This fact highlights the importance of a skilled workforce. In addition, the demographic changes and population growth due to migration poses challenges on the provision of welfare and healthcare services in the public sector. This report shows that the largest skills shortages are found in the educational fields of healthcare, industrial production, engineering and compulsory education. The skills surpluses are particularly large among educated labour within business and administration, humanities and artistic education, journalism and media science education. The main drivers of skills imbalances are demographic changes that increase demand for skilled workers in healthcare, education and welfare services, as well as rapid technological changes in industrial production and engineering. On the supply side, relatively low wages and challenging working conditions in healthcare and schools reduces the supply of workers in these occupations.