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Skill shortages again and the UK economy
Author(s) -
Meager Nigel
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1986.tb00541.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , unemployment , work (physics) , economics , labour economics , macroeconomics , engineering , linguistics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Despite high unemployment, there is much concern with the perennial issue of skill shortages, and the detrimental impact on economic performance. What are the lessons of previous research in this area? This article, arising from work for the MSC, draws together the threads of earlier research and provides pointers for the future.