More than a third of Europeans faces serious obstacles to social mobility, which translates into lower employment ratesa less productive workforce ea Slower professional growth of that of people from richer environments.
AS The European population ages And companies need new qualifications, the number of qualified employees is quickly insufficient. Second to McKinsey StudyThe improvement of social mobility could increase the GDP of European countries between 3% and 9% and fill the qualifying deficit expected by 2030 without the need for a new training or recalification.
“Social mobility is not only the next step in inclusion. It is a strategic imperative for The competitiveness of long -term Europe“The report verifies. The investigation analyzed the data (both public and unpublished) of the active survey of the active population of the EU on Eurostat (EPA-EU) to better understand the socio-economic origin of the European Championships (SEB) e Investigation more than 3,000 workers British, Germans and Italians from different socio -economic levels.
Time outside the active population
The low socio -economic environments (9.4%) have higher unemployment rates compared to those of richer environments (5.3%). In addition, their unemployment periods last, on average, at least five months more than those of people with the most accommodating means.
Las Reasons of unemployment They also differ significantly. Compared to their higher economic environments, they have low economic environments more likely to be fired and less likely to leave your job for education or training opportunities, typically associated with professional progression.
Increase the employment rate of these workers until the same is the same as that of their richest counterparts, it could be added 2.1 million people to the active population. Assuming that each extra employee generates 74,692 euros of added economic value, the effect on European GDP would be an increase of some 160,000 million euros.
Modification of the offer and demand
Meanwhile, European companies face a Crisis of lack of qualified labor which shows signs of intensification. Report of twenty -one European countries An important scarcity of talentwith vacant places that increase up to 50% from 2020.
These problems are particularly pronounced in Construction, accommodation and food servicesand highly qualified professional, scientific and technical fields. The lowest level workers are also less likely to occupy high qualification positions than people with similar training from richer environments.
Low socio -economic origin workers usually progress more slowly in their career of his richest counterparts, even in similar works. Promote the social elevator I could Increases the GDP of 590,000 million euros Further workers at a socio -economic level are in the progress phase more slowly in their career. Accelerate your professional progression The value of jobs could increase 44% and add 570,000 million euros to global GDP.
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