Addressing skills mismatches

Presenter: Goran Veleski, Labour Market UnitE-mail: gveleski@mtsp.gov.mk

Skills mismatches in economic sectors – primary education

Skills mismatches in economic sectors – secondary education

Skills mismatches in economic sectors – high education

Internship programObjective – working experienceDescription - young people use the

knowledge of the school to a company for a period of 3 months. Participants receive financial resources for transportation costs , food and insurance .

Participants – 1.545 from 2008 to 2014. Participants – 1. 000 plan for 2015.

Impact assessment

Internship 2010 25 p.p. higher chances of participants to be

currently employed 23 p.p. higher employment rate of

participants based on self-assessment 21 p.p. lower probability of participants to be

unemployed at any time after program end/cut-off date

Internship 2012

29 p.p. higher probability of participants to be employed currently

31 p.p. higher employment rate of participants based on self-assessment

More than double higher hourly wages of participants

17 p.p. lower probability of participants to be employed at program end/cut-off

Thanks for attention !