Studie von: IDEA Consult – Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdams Instituut voor ArbeidsStudies – ECORYS Holding BV – Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Herausgeber: Europäisches Parlament, Ausschuss für Beschäftigung und soziale Angelegenheiten
Online seit: 20.05.2015 0:00
This study, provided by Policy Department A to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, gives an overview of labour
shortages, looking at their types and causes, their occurrence within the EU 28 and possible measures to counter them. It
finds that there are no overall quantitative shortages at EU 28 level in the wake of the economic crisis, but qualitative
shortages, especially relating to skills shortages and mismatch, occur in several regions, sectors, occupations and member
countries. Employers and member countries are the prime actors to counter labour shortages effectively, but the EU can play
an important supporting role through its influence on intra-EU mobility, by increasing the transparency of the labour market
and by using its structural funds as supportive frameworks.
Forschungsbereich:Arbeitsmarktökonomie, Einkommen und soziale Sicherheit
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – IDEA Consult
Abgeschlossen: 2015
Labour market shortage is identified as sustained market disequilibrium between labour supply and labour demand. A quantitative
labour market shortage refers to a situation in which the total supply of labour in an economy falls short of the total demand
for labour. Currently, quantitative shortages are not a serious problem in the EU, due to the high unemployment rate in most
regions. Qualitative labour shortages occur if the labour demand in a specific sector, occupation or skill level is higher
than the labour supply. Top-3 qualitative shortage groups across the EU are metal, machinery and related trade workers, science
and engineering professionals, as well as ICT professionals. Case studies of policy measures in various countries show successful
ways to combat qualitative shortages.
