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KILM 15 Skills mismatch
An advantage of the ISCO-based measure of
skills mismatch is that the definition of
mismatch does not change over time and the
results are therefore strictly comparable. A
disadvantage of this measure is that, by
construction, it does not allow for overeduca-
tion in major groups 1 to 3. The ISCO-based
measure also assumes that job titles always
have the same meaning in terms of job content
and have the same educational requirement in
all countries, which is not necessarily true.
8
For the purpose of measuring mismatch, the
upper age bound for young people is extended
to 29 years (including young adults aged 25
to 29). This is in recognition of the fact that
some young people remain in education beyond
the age of 24 years, particularly those in tertiary
education in developing economies, but this
difference in age group may hamper a coherent
analysis of youth employment issues (as youth
are usually defined as persons aged 15 to 24).
8
For an overview of alternative methods to measure
skills mismatch between job requirements and qualifica-
tions, see Quintini 2011, op.cit.
Science Data Services), a biennial survey
covering over 30 countries (even though
country coverage differs by round).
7
School-to-work transition surveys, which are
household surveys conducted within the
scope of the ILOs Work4Youth partnership
with The MasterCard Foundation (see box 15).
Limitations to comparability
The limitations to comparability with
respect to the employed and the labour force
noted in KILM 1, 2 and 9 manuscripts apply
equally to KILM 15. The same is true for limita-
tions on the comparability of indicators on
education between countries and over time
noted in KILM 14.
7
See http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/.
Box 15. Work4Youth: An ILO project in partnership
with The MasterCard Foundation
The Work4Youth (W4Y) project is a partnership between the ILO Youth Employment Programme and
The MasterCard Foundation. The project has a budget of US$14.6 million and will run for five years
to mid-2016. Its aim is to promot[e] decent work opportunities for young men and women through
knowledge and action. The immediate objective of the partnership is to produce more and better
labour market information specific to youth in developing countries, focusing in particular on transition
paths to the labour market. The assumption is that governments and social partners in the projects
28 target countries will be better prepared to design effective policy and programme initiatives once
armed with detailed information on:
what young people expect in terms of transition paths and quality of work;
what employers expect in terms of young applicants;
what issues prevent the two sides supply and demand from matching; and
what policies and programmes can have a real impact.
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