The Skills Mismatch Myth

Dave Altig, Atlanta Fed, The Skills Gap: Still Trying To Separate Myth From Fact:

"We have yet to find much evidence that problems with skill-mismatch are more important postrecession than they were prerecession. We'll keep looking, but—as our colleagues at the Chicago Fed conclude in their most recent Chicago Fed Letter—so far the facts just don't support skill gaps as the major source of our current labor market woes."

For Further Reading:

A Manufactured Paradox

The Skills Crisis & Job Training

Skills Shortage Sham