Спрос на навыки: анализ на основе онлайн данных о вакансиях

Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2022. Т. 26. № 3. С. 343–374.

Volgin A., Gimpelson V. E.

Ultimate essence of the human capital is in what workers know and what they are able
to do, or in their productive skills. This study explores demand for various occupational and
social skills in the Russian economy. Job structure and demand for skills posted by employers
reflect technological level of the economy and its structure. However, the structure of demand
for skills is observed poorly, if we rely on traditional data sources. In this study, we derive the
information from vacancy ads posted on the website of one of the leading Russian internet job
search boards during 2019–2020. Our sample consists of roughly 3.5 million ads, containing
explicit sets of skills expected from successful job candidates. We select skills from job ads relying
on key words and then aggregate them in groups. As the next step, we rank all aggregate skills
groups and discuss their frequencies, taking into account their complementarity. Further on, we
regress wages offered in ads on skills and controls, thus getting a skill premium for each skill
group and their bundles. Many skills are complementary to each other and their combination increases
the premium. Our results suggest that social and client oriented skills as well as medium
level occupational skills are in the highest demand on the Russian labor market.

Keywords: профессии, навыки, skills, спрос на труд, вакансии, labor demand, vacancies, occupations