{"id":91594,"date":"2025-12-10T11:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/link4skills.eu\/?p=91594"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:46:13","slug":"projecting-labour-market-imbalances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/link4skills.eu\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/projecting-labour-market-imbalances\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Projecting Labour Market Imbalances and Skill Mismatch Under Demographic Change in the EU&#8221; &#8211; European Journal of Population"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"91594\" class=\"elementor elementor-91594\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e673f3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e673f3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354aac28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"354aac28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">&#8220;Projecting Labour Market Imbalances and Skill Mismatch Under Demographic Change in the EU&#8221; &#8211; European Journal of Population<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7835818c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7835818c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b15bf8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"b15bf8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/link4skills.eu\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/eu-disinfotest\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">&#8220;EU DisinfoTest: a Benchmark for Evaluating Language Models&#8217; Ability to Detect Disinformation Narratives&#8221; &#8211; Findings of the Association of Computational Linguistics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ba8bb3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46ba8bb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1988fbbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1988fbbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Descriptive Summary:<\/p><p>What if Europe\u2019s future labour market isn\u2019t defined by shortages, but by mismatches?<i><\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Using the Link4Skills microsimulation model, this new open-access article in the <span class=\"s1\"><b>European Journal of Population<\/b><\/span> explores how Europe\u2019s workforce and skill needs may evolve up to 2060. The article shows that while Europe will have more highly educated workers than ever, demand for skills will shift unevenly. The result: many high-skilled workers may find themselves underused, even as employers struggle to fill medium- and low-skilled jobs.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">To understand what might help, the authors test a range of responses \u2014 from increased immigration and education reform to mid-career retraining, later retirement, automation and employer-led upskilling. Their conclusion? No single policy closes the gap. 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