Needed skills versus available skills: an assessment tool is launched

Barry Bluestone, Alan Clayton-Matthews and Mark Melnik

Communities and Banking, 2009, issue Win, 14-16

Abstract: Economic development often founders on a mismatch between available workforce skills and companies? needs. A tool that analyzes critical sets of labor market data not previously considered in tandem can help local governments improve planning.

Keywords: Labor market; Occupational training; Occupational training - Massachusetts; Labor market - Massachusetts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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