ICT Skills and Employment: New Competences and Jobs for a Greener and Smarter Economy

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet are increasingly viewed as a vital infrastructure for all sectors of the economy. Already, employment in the ICT industry and employment of ICT specialist skills each accounts for up to 5% of total employment in OECD countries and IC...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2012
Schriftenreihe:OECD Digital Economy Papers
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Zusammenfassung:Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet are increasingly viewed as a vital infrastructure for all sectors of the economy. Already, employment in the ICT industry and employment of ICT specialist skills each accounts for up to 5% of total employment in OECD countries and ICT intensive-users account for more than 20% of all workers. In addition, the emerging "green" economy is a "smarter" economy that has increased demand for ICT-skilled jobs not only in the ICT sector, but more rapidly across the wider non-ICT economy. The further creation of new jobs can only occur, however, if the right mix of skills and competences are available in the labour market. Shortages of required ICT-related skills have been observed in some OECD countries, and this is particularly true for skills related to green ICTs
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (59 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm
DOI:10.1787/5k994f3prlr5-en

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