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The job market for IT graduates is today characterized by a shortage of labor. This shortage is projected to increase during the next years. HBS Economics has together with IRIS group conducted an analysis on the demand and supply of … Read more
HBS Economics helped the Danish Ministry of Employment build a data-driven tool that maps standard ways in and out of different public benefits using register data from Statistics Denmark. The tool is flexible and allows the user to choose between … Read more
Danish companies’ need for employees who have competencies within IT security is close to insatiable. Our analysis of companies’ job postings documents how the need for employees with IT security skills has quadrupled since 2008. Links HBS Economics (2021): … Read more
Despite a turbulent 2020 for the Danish job market, total labor demand only fell by 3% compared to 2019. With the number of job postings staying steadily above 2019-levels throughout the fall, we can enter 2021 on a somewhat high … Read more
After a nightmarish spring, the Danish job market rebounded strongly in September, with a year-on-year rise in job postings of 16% compared to September 2019. In June, July, and August 2020 the number of job postings had already reached near-2019 … Read more
In Denmark, young people with special needs can complete a specialized education, the so-called Specially Organized Youth Education (in Danish, Særligt tilrettelagt Ungdomsuddannelse or just STU). The purpose of the STU is to prepare young people for their adult lives … Read more
The job market for digital talent is increasingly characterized by a shortage of labor. Already today, companies and authorities experience challenges in attracting digital talents. The lack of digital talent is a barrier to digital transformation that risks to limit … Read more
The level of education in Southwest Jutland (the municipalities of Esbjerg, Fanø, Tønder and Varde) is lower than in the rest of the Region of Southern Denmark and the average of the whole country. The low proportion of highly educated … Read more
For a small open economy like the Danish one, international knowledge exchange is crucial for growth and prosperity. Based on a number of statistical indicators for knowledge exchange, this analysis sheds light on Denmark’s participation in the global knowledge society. … Read more
The increasing digitalisation of society is also affecting the construction industry, and today many companies find it difficult to recruit the right digital skills. This is what our new analysis of the need for digital skills in construction shows. In … Read more