Work in Progress
Skill matches to job requirements
Summary
- Item:
- 10423
- Title:
- Skill matches to job requirements
- Type:
- Managed research project
- Project no:
- NR07508
- Status:
- Finished
- Date commenced:
- 15 May 2009
- Contact:
- Tabatha Griffin
- phone: 08 8230 8431
- email: tabatha.griffin@ncver.edu.au
- Principal researcher:
- Chris Ryan
- Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre, Australian National University
- Related program:
- Securing their future: Older workers and the role of VET
Purpose
This project will aim to estimate the extent to which the allocation of workers (who vary by skill) to jobs (which vary in their demands) differs between workers of different ages.
Approach
Quantitative
Research questions
This project will address the following questions:
- How do the jobs in which older workers are employed differ from the jobs of otherwise similar people who are employed but are younger?
- More specifically, how do the skill requirements of their jobs differ relative to the actual skills of the two groups?
- How has the relationship between job requirements and individual skills changed over time?
Methodology
The main methodological approach for addressing the first topic will be to estimate a ‘matching’ function, via which individuals with identifiable skills are matched to jobs that require specific tasks to be undertaken. This analysis will provide information about the quality of the employment opportunities available to older workers, in terms of the use make of their skills. Two existing data sources will be used to explore these issues: the Survey of Aspects of Literacy (SAL) collected in 1996 by the ABS and the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALLS) survey undertaken in 2006 by the ABS.
