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Moving between jobs: An analysis of occupation distances and skill needs

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  • Nagui Bechichi

    (OECD)

  • Robert Grundke

    (OECD)

  • Stéphanie Jamet

    (OECD)

  • Mariagrazia Squicciarini

    (OECD)

Abstract

This paper aims to inform policies facilitating job-to-job transitions triggered by changes in the task content of occupations and in job demand. It assesses the distances existing between occupations in terms of cognitive skills and of skills as they emerge from the tasks performed on the job, and the training needs that moving between occupations entails. Skill “shortages” and “excesses” calculated on data for 31 countries and aggregated over 127 occupations are used to estimate the training efforts required to meet the skills requirements of the destination job. Distances in cognitive skills are found to be higher among low-skilled or from mid- to high-skilled occupations than among higher-skilled occupations. Conversely, distances in task-related skills are higher within high-skilled than low-skilled occupations. These results call for policies aimed at developing general cognitive skills complemented by task-related skills for workers in low-skilled occupations, and on-the-job training options for workers in high-skilled occupations.

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  • Nagui Bechichi & Robert Grundke & Stéphanie Jamet & Mariagrazia Squicciarini, 2018. "Moving between jobs: An analysis of occupation distances and skill needs," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers 52, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:stiaac:52-en
    DOI: 10.1787/d35017ee-en
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    1. Ian Nicole A. Generalao, 2019. "Mapping tasks to occupations using Philippine data," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201904, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    2. Nik Dawson & Sacha Molitorisz & Marian-Andrei Rizoiu & Peter Fray, 2020. "Layoffs, Inequity and COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study of the Journalism Jobs Crisis in Australia from 2012 to 2020," Papers 2008.12459, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2021.
    3. Maria-Chiara Morandini & Anna Thum-Thysen & Anneleen Vandeplas, 2020. "Facing the Digital Transformation: Are Digital Skills Enough?," European Economy - Economic Briefs 054, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    4. Stephany, Fabian, 2021. "When Does it Pay Off to Learn a New Skill? Revealing the Complementary Benefit of Cross-Skilling," SocArXiv sv9de, Center for Open Science.
    5. David Pichler & Robert Stehrer, 2021. "Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling: ICT Skills and Labour Market Opportunities," wiiw Working Papers 193, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.

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