Labor Force and Economic Growth

Recently there has been some public debate about the shortage of skilled workers. The debate emerges either in developing countries with booming economies or developed countries with aging populations.

In any case, it's all about:  (1) working-age population and skilled workers; (2) educational policies in the long term and migration policies in the short term.

[image Credit:  Bill Hatcher]

Here are some interesting articles on this issue:

• Some notes on new immigration trends in Canada and it's implications to real state, social inrqualities, labor force.
  
• Labor force dependency ratios and migration in Canada.
  
• Education levels of an area’s workforce and its economic performance (via The Urbanophile).
  
• The Spiegel on East German workforce shortages (via DM).
  
• There are now more high skilled than low skilled imigrantes in the US now - Brookings report on "Skilled Immigrants: A Growing Force in America"(video here).
  
• Paper discussing the decisions governments face when employers request migrant workers.
  
• The Mysterious Labor Shortage in China.
  
• Shortage of primary-care doctors in the USA (?).