This 'Science for policy brief' contributes to policy on provision of digital skills. It uses data from Cedefop’s second European skills and jobs survey (ESJS2) and provides new evidence by describing the characteristics of the digitally-underskilled in the EU workforce; and (ii) identifying characteristics of EU workers undertaking digital skills education and training.
This brief is a cooperation between the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and Cedefop.
Key policy messages:
- Around 13% of EU workers are affected by digital skills mismatch to a great extent.
- While new technologies do not necessarily cause mass unemployment, there is a need for upskilling and reskilling of workers who are likely to face marked changes in their job tasks due to the advent of new digital technologies.
- Policy efforts could be targeted to those reporting a digital skills mismatch but not participating in any digital skills training, and workers with a higher chance of reallocation due to new digital technologies.
- Job-skills requirements, i.e. the level of skills demanded in individuals’ jobs, are the strongest drivers of participation in digital skills training.
- Individual attitudes and perceptions (e.g. fear of automation) towards technology are also important drivers of digital skills training participation.
- Design and implementation of education and training initiatives should take both individual attitudes and specific job-skills requirements into account.
Publication details
Bertoni, E., Cosgrove, J., Pouliakas, K. & Santangelo, G. (2024). What drives workers’ participation in digital skills training: evidence from Cedefop's second Euroean skills and jobs survey. European Commission - Joint Research Centre & Cedefop. Science for policy brief JRC137073.
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What drives workers’ participation in digital skills training? Evidence from Cedefop's second European skills and jobs survey
