Getting Skills Right: Sweden
The costs of a persistent misalignment between the supply and demand for skills are
substantial, ranging from lost wages for workers to lower productivity for firms and
countries. Addressing skills imbalances has become even more of a concern as OECD
governments reflect on the implications of technological progress, digitisation, demographic
change and globalisation for jobs and work organisation. In light of these challenges,
OECD has undertaken new research to shed light on how countries measure changing skill
needs while ensuring that employment, training and migration institutions are responsive
to the emergence of new skill requirements. The Getting Skills Right in Sweden review
offers an in-depth analysis of the key areas where policy action is required to spur
the development of an efficient system for skills assessment and anticipation to inform
policy in the country. The report provides an assessment of practices in the following
areas: i) the collection of information on existing and future skill needs; ii) the
use of skill needs information to guide policy development in the areas of labour,
education and migration; and iii) the existence of effective governance arrangements
to ensure good co-ordination among the key stakeholders in the collection and use
of skill needs information.
Published on November 30, 2016
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