A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country
"Several interdisciplinary studies highlight imperfect information as a possible explanation of skill mismatches, which in turn has implications for unemployment and informality rates. Despite information failures and their consequences, countries like Colombia (where informality and unemployment ra...
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| author | Cárdenas Rubio, Jeisson Arley |
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| description | "Several interdisciplinary studies highlight imperfect information as a possible explanation of skill mismatches, which in turn has implications for unemployment and informality rates. Despite information failures and their consequences, countries like Colombia (where informality and unemployment rates are high) lack a proper labour market information system to identify skill mismatches and employer skill requirements. One reason for this absence is the cost of collecting labour market data. Recently, the potential use of online job portals as a source of labour market information has gained the attention of researchers and policymakers, since these portals can provide quick and relatively low-cost data collection. As such, these portals could be of use for Colombia. However, debates continue about the efficacy of this use, particularly concerning the robustness of the collected data. This book implements a novel mixed-methods approach (such as web scraping, text mining, machine learning, etc.) to investigate to what extent a web-based model of skill mismatches can be developed for Colombia. The main contribution of this book is demonstrating that, with the proper techniques, job portals can be a robust source of labour market information. In doing so, it also contributes to current knowledge by developing a conceptual and methodological approach to identify skills, occupations, and skill mismatches using online job advertisements, which would otherwise be too complex to be collected and analysed via other means. By applying this novel methodology, this study provides new empirical data on the extent and nature of skill mismatches in Colombia for a considerable set of non-agricultural occupations in the urban and formal economy. Moreover, this information can be used as a complement to household surveys to monitor potential skill shortages. Thus, the findings are useful for policymakers, statisticians, and education and training providers, among others." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-939712025-07-31T06:32:30Z A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country Cárdenas Rubio, Jeisson Arley Technology & Engineering Technology & Engineering Telecommunications Computers Networking Intranets & Extranets thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTF Network management "Several interdisciplinary studies highlight imperfect information as a possible explanation of skill mismatches, which in turn has implications for unemployment and informality rates. Despite information failures and their consequences, countries like Colombia (where informality and unemployment rates are high) lack a proper labour market information system to identify skill mismatches and employer skill requirements. One reason for this absence is the cost of collecting labour market data. Recently, the potential use of online job portals as a source of labour market information has gained the attention of researchers and policymakers, since these portals can provide quick and relatively low-cost data collection. As such, these portals could be of use for Colombia. However, debates continue about the efficacy of this use, particularly concerning the robustness of the collected data. This book implements a novel mixed-methods approach (such as web scraping, text mining, machine learning, etc.) to investigate to what extent a web-based model of skill mismatches can be developed for Colombia. The main contribution of this book is demonstrating that, with the proper techniques, job portals can be a robust source of labour market information. In doing so, it also contributes to current knowledge by developing a conceptual and methodological approach to identify skills, occupations, and skill mismatches using online job advertisements, which would otherwise be too complex to be collected and analysed via other means. By applying this novel methodology, this study provides new empirical data on the extent and nature of skill mismatches in Colombia for a considerable set of non-agricultural occupations in the urban and formal economy. Moreover, this information can be used as a complement to household surveys to monitor potential skill shortages. Thus, the findings are useful for policymakers, statisticians, and education and training providers, among others." 2022-11-19T04:03:39Z 2022-11-19T04:03:39Z 2022-11-18T05:32:41Z 2020 book OCN: 1354535358 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59300 9789587845464 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93971 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59300/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59300/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59300/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59300/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59300/1/external_content.pdf Editorial Universidad del Rosario Editorial Universidad del Rosario https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789587845457 https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789587845457 e41ba924-0cca-4197-9424-c6379c3fb7d2 Knowledge Unlatched 9789587845464 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Editorial Universidad del Rosario open access |
| spellingShingle | Technology & Engineering Technology & Engineering Telecommunications Computers Networking Intranets & Extranets thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTF Network management Cárdenas Rubio, Jeisson Arley A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title | A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title_full | A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title_fullStr | A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title_short | A Web-Based Approach to Measure Skill Mismatches and Skills Profiles for a Developing Country |
| title_sort | web based approach to measure skill mismatches and skills profiles for a developing country |
| topic | Technology & Engineering Technology & Engineering Telecommunications Computers Networking Intranets & Extranets thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTF Network management |
| topic_facet | Technology & Engineering Technology & Engineering Telecommunications Computers Networking Intranets & Extranets thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJK Communications engineering / telecommunications thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UT Computer networking and communications::UTF Network management |
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