17 May 1999
The move towards the knowledge-based economy has placed human resources in science and technology at the forefront of policy debate. Ministers at the CSTP Ministerial meeting held in June 1999 concluded that sufficient personnel mobility, improved education systems and better information flows in the economy are essential to meet the needs of the 21st century for highly skilled personnel. In doing so, Ministers recognised that science, technology and innovation policies have a role in both the generation of S&T skills and their deployment in the private and public sectors.
The following papers presented at the thematic workshop on "Science and Technology Labour Markets: Current Trends and Challenges" aimed to deepen the analysis of human resources in science and technology, particularly with respect to the growing demand for IT workers, increased international mobility of researchers, and government and business efforts to provide workers with the right skills for the knowledge economy.
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Background Report:
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Changing Demand and Supply for Science and Technology Personnel
- Charlotte V. Kuh, National Research Council, Washington, DC, United States, Information Technology Workers in the Knowledge-based Economy (pdf, 49Kb)
- Friedhelm Pffeifer, Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany, Labour Market Specialisation and Earnings of Engineers and Scientists in Germany (pdf, 76Kb)
- Shin-ichi Kobayashi, Graduate School for Information Systems, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, Changes in the S&T Labour Market and its Future: Are There Too Many PhD Graduates? (pdf, 333Kb)
- Daniel Martinelli, Céreq, Marseille, France, Labour Market Performance of French PhDs: A Statistical Analysis (pdf, 288Kb)
- Caroline Cañibano, Alfonso X University of Madrid, and Dr. Paloma Sánchez, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, Human Resources in Science and Technology in Spain: A Review of the Information Sources (pdf, 117Kb)
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Mobility of Science and Technology Personnel
- Mark Tomlinson, CRIC, and Ian Miles, PREST and CRIC, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, The Career Trajectories of Knowledge Workers (pdf, 85Kb)
- Sami Mahroum, Institute for Prospective Studies, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Seville, Spain, Highly Skilled Globetrotters: The International Migration of Human Capital (pdf, 99Kb)
- Dr. Mark C. Regets, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, United States, Foreign Science and Technology Personnel in the United States. An Overview of Available Data and Basis Characteristics (pdf, 55Kb)
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Improving the Contribution of S&T Personnel to Scientific Discovery, Innovation and Growth
- Jari Jonkinen, Ministry of Education, Department for Education and Science, Helsinki, Finland, The Public-Private Partnership to Meet the Demand for IT Skills: Programme for Increasing Education in the Fields of Information Industry in Finland (pdf, 35Kb)
- Dr. Carlo Corsi, Roma Ricerche, Rome, Italy, Science and Technology Labour Markets: Relevant Aspects of Supply and Demand (pdf, 35Kb)
- Camilla Modéer, Federation of Swedish Industries, Stockholm, Sweden, Competence Demands for Today and Tomorrow: Quality Progress Through Interaction with Industry (pdf, 59Kb)
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Latest update 13 October 2000
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