TY - CHAP
T1 - When do skills become obsolete, and when does it matter?
AU - Allen, J.P.
AU - van der Velden, R.K.W.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - In our analyses, using data on Dutch tertiary, education graduates, we use a direct measure for skills obsolescence based on workers' self-assessment. On average, almost a third of the skills obtained in tertiary, education were obsolete seven years later. Skills obsolescence is strongly, related to rapid changes in work domain, and to shortcomings in tertiary education. Obsolescence occurs as much in generic as in specific fields of study,. It is only, weakly related to current skill shortages, and not at all to the prospects for further skill acquisition, wages and investments in additional training.
AB - In our analyses, using data on Dutch tertiary, education graduates, we use a direct measure for skills obsolescence based on workers' self-assessment. On average, almost a third of the skills obtained in tertiary, education were obsolete seven years later. Skills obsolescence is strongly, related to rapid changes in work domain, and to shortcomings in tertiary education. Obsolescence occurs as much in generic as in specific fields of study,. It is only, weakly related to current skill shortages, and not at all to the prospects for further skill acquisition, wages and investments in additional training.
U2 - 10.1016/s0147-9121(02)21004-3
DO - 10.1016/s0147-9121(02)21004-3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 0-7623-0960-1
T3 - Research in Labor Economics
SP - 27
EP - 50
BT - The economics of skills obsolescence: theoretical innovations and empirical applications
A2 - Grip, Andries de
A2 - Loo, Jasper van
A2 - Mayhew, Ken
PB - Elsevier Science
CY - Amsterdam, Boston, London, New York, Oxford, Paris
ER -