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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, December 12, 2011 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)54. europe: Spain tops the European table for number of overqualified workers
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Spain/tops/the/European/table/for/number/of/overqualified/workers/elpepueng/20111209elpeng_4/Ten
Spain is the European Union country with the greatest amount of overqualified workers, meaning those with a college degree or vocational training certificate who hold a job beneath their training level. While the average for the EU of 27 was 19 percent, that figure reached 31 percent in Spain, according to a Eurostat study using 2008 figures.
These numbers refer to the native-born population. For the foreign-born, the over-qualification rate jumped to 58 percent in Spain versus 34 percent for the 27 members of the EU as a whole. The study concludes that "when employed, foreign-born persons often have more difficulties in finding a job corresponding to their level of education." The highest gap between overqualified natives and overqualified foreigners was to be found in Belgium, with rates of five percent and 14 percent respectively.
Over-qualification has been a serious problem in Spain for years, as the schooling level of the general population - especially attendance at higher education centers - has risen much faster than the number of available jobs for highly qualified workers. In a country whose economy has rested mostly on construction and the services sector, notably tourism, the percentage of the Spanish population with higher studies grew from 21 percent to 30 percent in the space of a decade, between 1999 and 2009.
An earlier study using 2006 data already showed Spain as being one of the countries with the largest number of overqualified workers (38 percent) in Europe. That study, however, did not differentiate between native-born and foreign-born workers.
Spain is the European Union country with the greatest amount of overqualified workers, meaning those with a college degree or vocational training certificate who hold a job beneath their training level. While the average for the EU of 27 was 19 percent, that figure reached 31 percent in Spain, according to a Eurostat study using 2008 figures.
These numbers refer to the native-born population. For the foreign-born, the over-qualification rate jumped to 58 percent in Spain versus 34 percent for the 27 members of the EU as a whole. The study concludes that "when employed, foreign-born persons often have more difficulties in finding a job corresponding to their level of education." The highest gap between overqualified natives and overqualified foreigners was to be found in Belgium, with rates of five percent and 14 percent respectively.
Over-qualification has been a serious problem in Spain for years, as the schooling level of the general population - especially attendance at higher education centers - has risen much faster than the number of available jobs for highly qualified workers. In a country whose economy has rested mostly on construction and the services sector, notably tourism, the percentage of the Spanish population with higher studies grew from 21 percent to 30 percent in the space of a decade, between 1999 and 2009.
An earlier study using 2006 data already showed Spain as being one of the countries with the largest number of overqualified workers (38 percent) in Europe. That study, however, did not differentiate between native-born and foreign-born workers.
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I think it belongs in LBN for the same reason that even NPR updates Market numbers all day
bread_and_roses
Dec 2011
#23
Wow, this is like back to the future. It's already Monday somewhere, I guess - LOL!
InkAddict
Dec 2011
#11
Perhaps lobbying the rotating honchos at LBN and/or Admin could recover SMW posting rights there,
Ghost Dog
Dec 2011
#98
Once again, the SMW thread that was posted and locked was NOT a current SMW OP
Tansy_Gold
Dec 2011
#97
There is a lot of deja vu going on, and to different periods of modern European history.
amandabeech
Dec 2011
#87
Well, perhaps here is a market opening for a firm actually contractually committing itself to not
amandabeech
Dec 2011
#88