The European skills and jobs survey (ESJS) is Cedefop’s own periodic EU-wide survey aimed at collecting information on the skill requirements, skill mismatches and initial and continuing learning of adult workers in EU labour markets. The first ESJS wave, carried out in the context of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, collected comprehensive contextual information about the incidence and reasons underlying the emergence of skill mismatches in EU job markets.
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The ESJS aims to provide robust information from representative samples of adult workers on a set of core variables, including:
- sociodemographic characteristics;
- job characteristics;
- job-skill requirements (literacy, numeracy, digital, analytical, manual and interpersonal skills);
- skill mismatches (vertical; horizontal; mismatches in specific skills; skill gaps and deficits; skill mismatch transitions);
- initial and continuing vocational education and training participation;
- labour market outcomes (wages, job insecurity, job satisfaction).
Dataset details
Copyright © European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), 2014
Cedefop. European skills and jobs survey, Wave 1, 2014 https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/access-microdata accessed 22/09/25 [Author(s)’ processing of anonymised survey microdata]
