... development Skilled workers Public policy Labour market Migrant workers Immigration Skills shortages Research on skilled emigration and development is in crisis. Economists have studied the development effects of skilled emigration for many years within a single paradigm. That paradigm's core...

... practices Skills shortages One of the most critical issues facing Canadian organizations today is how to retain their highly knowledgeable and skilled employees (Fang, 2009). This preoccupation is explained notably by the important costs that must be incurred in order to replace employees...

...Tony Fang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze employer responses to vacancies and skill shortages by adopting certain workplace practices. Design/methodology/approach Making use of the longitudinal nature of the Workplace and Employee Survey, a nationally representative sample...

..., will not make long‐term commitments to employees. Proposes, therefore, that certification systems may be the answer to Canada’s ongoing skills shortage. Indeed, Canadian certification practices revolve heavily around traditional academic endeavours and, to a lesser extent, work experience. Virtually all...

...Derek L. Bosworth Skill shortages have been a recurring problem and are likely to re‐emerge as the UK economy recovers from recession. Presents evidence from the Skill Needs survey 1990, close to the peak of the last cycle. It shows that different measures of shortage can give different...

...Geoffrey Briscoe This article examines the nature of skill shortages in the UK construction sector in 1988. It sets out the current survey evidence on the extent of skill shortage, with details on selected individual crafts and a breakdown by main geographic region. The most significant shortages...

...Derek L. Bosworth; Patricia A. Dutton This brief article pulls together a number of general themes. In particular, it looks at a number of influences on the extent and nature of skill shortages, including: the growth of the economy;technological change; organisational change;international...

.... Since the recession, specific skill shortages have been transformed into more general shortfalls. Demand for individuals with high levels of formal education and training is expected to continue growing. Supply is not expected to keep pace, a situation which will be aggravated by the downturn...

... to the system is approximately four years,consistent with the lags in training. Trends in manpower balances indicate that current net loss rates from stocks will have to be reduced if supply is to meet demand in the short and medium term. Hence the way in which skills shortages can and do occur in declining...

... the skills it requires from the rest of the economy. While there is some evidence that the City is moving towards strategic, longer‐term solutions to its skill shortages problems,there is little indication that they are focusing on human resource or cultural development. The likely product and technology...