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Identifying shortage occupations in the UK

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  • Anna Downs

    (Migration Advisory Committee)

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This article describes the top-down methodology used by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to identify shortage occupations. Identifying shortage occupations is difficult and few countries have attempted to do this in a systematic way. The methodology developed by the MAC to identify shortage occupations is the first to use a comprehensive range of indicators. The methodology dovetails national level top-down data with bottom-up micro-level data and qualitative information from stakeholders and was used to advise the UK Government on occupations for inclusion on the UK Government’s Shortage Occupation List for use under Tier 2 of the Point Based System for managing migration.This article describes the top-down methodology; it does not present any new data or conclusions. Further information on the methodology can be found in Chapter 7 and Annex B of the MAC’s September 2008 report. Economic & Labour Market Review (2009) 3, 23–29; doi:10.1057/elmr.2009.73

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  • Anna Downs, 2009. "Identifying shortage occupations in the UK," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 3(5), pages 23-29, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:3:y:2009:i:5:p:23-29
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