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Skills and labour market performance in Sweden

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  • Margherita Bussi
  • Jon Pareliussen

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Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of proficiency in literacy in the population and explores its determinants, and uncovers a strong relationship between literacy and the likelihood of being employed. The relationship between proficiency in literacy and the likelihood of participating in adult education is also explored. Lower employment prospects for immigrants are well explained by lower literacy proficiency, lower education and less favourable socio-economic backgrounds. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-sweden.htm Compétences et performance du marché du travail en Suède Tant le niveau de qualification que celui de compétences, telles que mesuré dans l'évaluation des compétences des adultes (PIAAC), sont élevés en Suède. Ils ne sont pas de parfaits substituts, mais les deux sont dans une certaine mesure nécessaires à l'intégration avec succès sur le marché du travail suédois. Ce document décrit la distribution de la population en termes de niveau de compréhension de l’écrit et explore ses déterminants, et met en évidence une solide relation entre le niveau de compréhension de l’écrit et la probabilité d'être employé. La relation entre niveau de compréhension de l’écrit et la probabilité de participer à la formation continue est également explorée. Les moindres perspectives d'emploi des immigrants sont bien expliquées par un niveau inférieur de compréhension de l’écrit, un faible niveau de qualification et des milieux socio-économiques moins favorables. Ce document de travail se rapporte à l'Étude économique de l'OCDE de la Suède, 2015. www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-suede.htm

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  • Margherita Bussi & Jon Pareliussen, 2015. "Skills and labour market performance in Sweden," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1233, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1233-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5js0cqvnzx9v-en
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    Keywords

    adult skills; compétences des adultes; discrimination; discrimination; education; emploi; employment; immigration; immigration; PIAAC; PIAAC; éducation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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