Session 3: Education and Skills
Moderator:
Brajesh P. Panth
Discussant: Paul Vandenberg


ICT Labor Market Analysis Using Online Job Portal Data in Bangladesh

Online job portal data offers opportunities for analyzing real-time labor market demand and supply that were not possible with traditional survey data. This paper uses online job portal data in Bangladesh to analyze high-demand job occupation, title and skills in ICT industry, and finds software engineer and computer programming language such as Java and SQL are high-demand during 2016-2018. Many developing countries place high priorities on digital skills and industry, particularly under COVID-19 pandemic, and real-time online job portal data analysis could close the gap in skills mismatch by informing curriculum of educational institutions.

Author/s: Ryotaro Hayashi and Norihiko Matsuda
JEL codes: J23, J24