ERIC Number: ED573562
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec-8
Pages: 17
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Hollowing Out: Job Loss, Job Growth and Skills for the Future. Education and Training
Halbert, Hannah C.; Krueger, Tim
Policy Matters Ohio
This report examines Ohio's changing economy and whether Ohio is well positioned to meet the shifting skill demand. After examining job losses and job growth projections by sector and education attainment, findings revealed that Ohio has a projected education attainment gap for workers with some post-secondary education but less than a college degree and for workers with a college or higher level degree. Ohio is also projected to have a surplus of workers with high school degrees or less. The state is not making the training gains it needs to make. At the same time, unfortunately, the state is losing jobs. So the proportion of new workers who will need post-secondary training is shrinking, not because Ohio is doing a great job with training, but because they are losing employment. Relying on the classification system outlined in Holzer and Lerman's 2007 skills report, "America's Forgotten Middle-Skill Job," the classification of occupations in this examination is based explicitly upon the minimum training typical of the job: (1) high school or less; (2) post-secondary; and (3) college or more. The Holzer and Lerman methodology was supplemented with education and training data included in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) long-term employment projections. Key findings include: (1) Sinking wages suggest that a skill gap is not driving unemployment; (2) If every job listed on the Ohio Means Jobs website were filled, slightly less than 15 percent of the state's 526,000 unemployed workers would have a job; and (3) Jobs requiring a college or higher degree, or a high school education or less, are projected to grow by nearly 10 percent, while jobs requiring some post-secondary education will remain stagnant. The shrinking share of post-secondary level jobs should not be viewed as a reason to reduce investment in education and training. On the contrary, the BLS data is a call to action both to boost educational attainment across the state and to directly address Ohio's slagging economy. [For the Executive Summary, see ED573561.]
Descriptors: Unemployment, Job Development, Educational Attainment, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Student Costs, Federal Legislation, Middle Class, Employment Practices, Federal Aid, Grants, Labor Legislation
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Policy Matters Ohio
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program; Workforce Investment Act 1998
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