Human resources of science and technology

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Employment rate exceptionally high among those with tertiary level degrees 24 Mar 2011 In 2008, 85 per cent of those with tertiary level degrees were employed, which is 14 percentage points higher than the employment rate of total population. The situation was best for those with doctorate level degrees, whose employment rate was over 90 per cent. The difference between the employment rate of women and men was small, only good one percentage point, while in total population it was three percentage points. Next release: 22 Mar 2012
Description:	Highly educated and skilled personnel is a key resource for science and technology. By definition, the reserve is formed by persons who have at least lower tertiary qualifications or work at demanding expert tasks. Those with researcher training are of particular interest. The statistics describe the development of the reserve of human resources of science and technology, demographic structure, placement in work and mobility. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The data are used by public science and technology administration, regional authorities and planning units and researchers. Personnel indicators are the key indicators describing the resources of science and technology. Read full description >>>

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Statistics Finland

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Latest release:
Employment rate exceptionally high among those with tertiary level degrees
24 Mar 2011
In 2008, 85 per cent of those with tertiary level degrees were employed, which is 14 percentage points higher than the employment rate of total population. The situation was best for those with doctorate level degrees, whose employment rate was over 90 per cent. The difference between the employment rate of women and men was small, only good one percentage point, while in total population it was three percentage points.

Next release:
22 Mar 2012

Description:

Highly educated and skilled personnel is a key resource for science and technology. By definition, the reserve is formed by persons who have at least lower tertiary qualifications or work at demanding expert tasks. Those with researcher training are of particular interest. The statistics describe the development of the reserve of human resources of science and technology, demographic structure, placement in work and mobility. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The data are used by public science and technology administration, regional authorities and planning units and researchers. Personnel indicators are the key indicators describing the resources of science and technology.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/tthv/index_en.html.

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