Wisconsin / Study finds no Skills Gap

Wisconsin’s labor market shows no evidence of an existing or impending general “skills gaps,” according to a new analysis by a team of graduate students at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.

The students analyzed the supply and demand for labor by building projections for both overall levels of educational attainment and specific occupations and by using present-day economic indicators.

“This is a very good study,” says Robert Haveman, professor emeritus of public affairs and economics, who oversaw the study produced in the Workshop in Public Affairs for the Wisconsin Legislative Council. “It presents strong evidence that there is no general ‘skills gap’ problem in the state, although in certain places and for certain jobs there may be a problem. Perhaps these few problem areas are the ones that we hear about anecdotally.”

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor

via Study finds no “skills gap” in Wisconsin labor market (May 30, 2013).