Comments for What Skills Shortage? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:24:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/what-skills-shortage#comment-11685 I suspect that the graph, and hence the article, focusses on the situation in the USA. Is that correct? - Karel Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:31:01 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/what-skills-shortage#comment-11675 Hi Paul, The print on the graph is too small, but what the graph says is "bar width measures share of employment" not "unemployment." The text refers to the "relative size of each education group" implicitly, in employment, since only the employed have wages. (It would be possible, of course, to assign zero wages to non-workers and calculate changes in average wages that way. This could make sense in some situations, but it isn't standard practice.) John - John Schmitt Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:39:27 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/what-skills-shortage#comment-11670 The graph's caption says "bar width measures share of unemployment," but the article says "relative size of each education group (on the x-axis)". Are these the same thing? I suppose it could be the case that unemployment is spread proportionally among these groups, but is that necessarily so? - Paul Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:43:32 +0100