Skills for a Modern Ukraine.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Stagnation following Independence -- The Importance of Skills in Boosting Employment and Productivity -- Employer Demand for Advanced Cognitive, Socioemotional, and Technical Skills -- Policy Agenda for the Modern Workplace -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Low Productivity and a Shrinking Labor Force -- The Importance of Skills for Employment and Productivity -- Objectives and Analytical Framework of the Report -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Workforce Skills and Their Role in the Labor Market -- Ukraine's Labor Market -- Benchmarking Adults' Skills against Other Countries -- Distribution of Skills, by Age, Gender, and Education -- Use of Skills at Work -- Skills That Matter in the Labor Market in Ukraine -- Factors Associated with Variation in Wages -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Employer Demand for Skills and Labor -- Skills as a Binding Constraint for Firms in Ukraine -- What Kinds of Skills Do Ukrainian Employers Seek? -- Job Categories in Demand -- Wage Patterns -- References -- Chapter 4 Institutional Issues Holding Back the Creation of Jobs and Development of Skills -- Ukraine's Formal Education and Training System -- Building Transversal Skills through Training -- Ukraine's Workforce Development System -- Ukraine's Outdated and Rigid Labor Code -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Identifying Core Skills for the Labor Market and Policy Recommendations -- Key Skills for Labor Market Success in Ukraine -- Fostering Socioemotional Skills throughout the Life Cycle -- Institutional Reforms That Could Foster the Formation and Use of Skills -- Note -- References.

Appendix A Description of the 2012 Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Skills toward Employment and Productivity (ULMS-STEP) Household Survey -- References -- Appendix B Description of the 2014 Ukraine Skills toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) Employer Survey -- References -- Appendix C Methodology Used to Assess Workforce Development -- Reference -- Appendix D Education and Work Experience Requirements in Job Vacancies -- Appendix E Job Requirements Included in HeadHunter Postings -- Accounting, Management Accounting, and Corporate Finance -- Administrative Personnel -- Banking, Investment, and Finance -- Construction and Real Estate -- Human Resources and Training -- Information Technology, Internet, and Telecommunications -- Jobs for Career Starters and Students -- Maintenance and Operations Personnel -- Management -- Manufacturing -- Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations -- Medicine and Pharmaceuticals -- Sales -- Sports Clubs, Fitness Clubs, and Beauty Salons -- Tourism, Hotels, and Restaurants -- Transport and Logistics -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Interpreting the Classification of the Big Five Personality Traits -- Box 3.1 Description of the Four Sectors Covered by the 2014 Ukraine STEP Employer Survey -- Box 3.2 Why Do IT Firms in Ukraine Decry the Lack of Skills? -- Box 3.3 Description of Data Set of Job Vacancies from Ukrainian Online Portals, 2015 -- Box 4.1 Aligning the Curriculum with the Needs of Firms: How City College of Chicago Reinvented Itself -- Box 4.2 Allocation of Funding to Training Programs in Ukraine -- Figures -- Figure O.1 Framework for Cognitive, Socioemotional, and Technical Skills -- Figure O.2 Problems Related to Skills Gaps Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure O.3 Average Adult Reading Proficiency Levels in Selected Countries, by Age Cohort, 2012.

Figure O.4 Factors Associated with Variation in Hourly Wages in Urban Ukraine, by Age Group and Occupation, 2012 -- Figure O.5 Ukrainian Firms' Views of Preparation of Students for the Workplace in Four Sectors -- Figure O.6 Assessment of Ukraine's Workforce Development System -- Figure O.7 Major or Severe Labor-Related Constraints Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure O.8 Nonlabor Market Issues That Constrain Firm Performance in Ukraine -- Figure 1.1 Framework for Cognitive, Socioemotional, and Technical Skills -- Figure 1.2 Human Development at Each Stage of the Life Cycle and Space for Intervention -- Figure 1.3 Data Sources for This Study -- Figure 1.4 Analytical Framework: Skills Formation as a Function of Institutional and Incentive Factors -- Figure 2.1 Labor Market Indicators in Ukraine, by Current Conflict Situation, 2013 -- Figure 2.2 Number of People Employed by Formal Firms in Ukraine, 2013-15 -- Figure 2.3 Losses in Employment in Ukraine between December 2013 and December 2014, by Oblast -- Figure 2.4 Losses in Employment in Ukraine between December 2013 and December 2014, by Industry -- Figure 2.5 Wage Arrears in Ukraine, by Regional Conflict Status, 2013-15 -- Figure 2.6 Relationship between Cognitive Skills and Per Capita GDP in Urban Ukraine and Selected Countries, circa 2012 -- Figure 2.7 Average Adult Reading Proficiency Levels in Selected Countries, 2012 -- Figure 2.8 Average Adult Reading Proficiency Levels in Selected Countries, by Age Cohort, 2012 -- Figure 2.9 Average Adult Reading Proficiency Levels in Ukraine, by Education Level, 2012 -- Figure 2.10 Distributions of Reading Proficiency Scores in Ukraine, by Age and Gender, 2012 -- Figure 2.11 Reading Proficiency Scores in Ukraine, by Educational Level, 2012 -- Figure 2.12 Distribution of Selected Socioemotional Skills in Men and Women in Ukraine, 2012.

Figure 2.13 Distributions of Selected Socioemotional Skills across Age Groups in Ukraine, 2012 -- Figure 2.14 Intensity of Use of Selected Skills at Work in Ukraine, 2012 -- Figure 2.15 Share of Urban Ukrainians Performing Selected Physical Tasks at Work, 2012 -- Figure 2.16 Correlation between Socioemotional Skills and Labor Outcomes in Ukraine, 2012 -- Figure 2.17 Factors Associated with Variation in Wages in Urban Ukraine, 2012 -- Figure B3.1.1 Composition of Workforce of Firms Covered by the 2014 Ukraine STEP Employer Survey -- Figure 3.1 Skills Gaps Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure 3.2 Problems Related to Skills Gaps Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure 3.3 Hiring Problems Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors, by Occupation Type -- Figure 3.4 Major or Severe Labor-Related Constraints Cited by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure B3.2.1 World's Top 25 Suppliers of ICT Workforce -- Figure B3.2.2 Premium for Online Freelancers' Skills around the World -- Figure B3.2.3 Labor Productivity in Ukraine -- Figure B3.2.4 Forms of Agreement with Clients of Online Workers in Eastern Europe, 2012 -- Figure 3.5 Ranking of Big Five Personality Traits by Ukrainian Firms in Four Key Sectors -- Figure 3.6 Skills Used by Employees in Four Key Sectors in Ukraine -- Figure 3.7 Job Vacancies Posted on Ukraine's Public Job Portal, by Sector, March 2014 and March 2015 -- Figure 3.8 Job Vacancies Posted on Ukraine's Public Job Portal, by Occupation, March 2014 and March 2015 -- Figure 3.9 Occupations in Greatest Demand in Four Key Sectors in Ukraine -- Figure 3.10 Share of Job Postings on Ukraine's Public Job Portal Requiring Some Education or Training, by Sector, 2015 -- Figure 3.11 Distribution of Job Postings on Ukraine's Public Job Portal, by Region and Skills Level, March 2015.

Figure 3.12 Distribution of Job Postings on Ukraine's Public Job Portal, by Offered Wages and Occupational Group, December 2014 -- Figure 4.1 Ukrainian Firms' Views of Preparation of Students for the Workplace -- Figure 4.2 Areas in Which Ukrainian Firms Expect the Government to Improve Workforce Skills -- Figure 4.3 Participation in Training in Ukraine and Neighboring Countries, by Labor Force Status -- Figure 4.4 Share of Ukrainian Firms in Four Sectors That Maintain Regular Contacts with Educational and Training Institutions -- Figure 4.5 Types of Cooperation by Ukrainian Firms That Report Regular Contacts with Education and Training Institutions -- Figure 4.6 Nonlabor Market Issues That Constrain Firm Performance in Ukraine -- Figure 4.7 Assessment of Ukraine's Workforce Development System -- Figure 4.8 Informal Employment in Ukraine, 2004-14 -- Figure A.1 Contents of the 2012 Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Skills toward Employment and Productivity (ULMS-STEP) Household Survey -- Figure B.1 Contents of the Ukraine STEP Employer Survey -- Figure C.1 SABER-WfD Scoring Rubrics -- Maps -- Map B3.1.1 Number of Firms, by Sector and Oblast, 2014 -- Map 3.1 Percentage of Total Job Postings on Ukraine's Public Job Portal across Regions, 2015 -- Map B.1 Number of Firms Covered by the Ukraine STEP Employer Survey, by Oblast -- Tables -- Table ES.1 Core Cognitive, Socioemotional, and Technical Skills Identified as Most Valued in Ukraine -- Table ES.2 Overview of Policy Proposals for Improving Skills in Ukraine -- Table O.1 Skills Requirements Frequently Cited in Job Vacancies in Ukraine, March 2015 -- Table O.2 Skills and Labor Needs of Ukrainian Firms and Skills Gaps in Key Sectors -- Table O.3 Socioemotional Skills Demanded by Employers in Ukraine, according to Various Taxonomies.

Table O.4 Proposed Priorities and Actions for Improving Workforce Skills and Making the Ukrainian Economy More Productive.

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