Skills for Work in the 21st Century: What Does the Research Tell Us?
概述了2007年一场关于美国未来技能需求研究的研讨会，汇集了心理学、社会学、政治学和商业等领域的学者，探讨技能极化与工资差距的趋势。
Executive Overview Concerns about increasing polarization of skill requirements in the United States (jobs requiring higher skills on one end and jobs requiring lower skills on the other) and the resulting wage disparities have led many in the government and private sector to call for increased research into the trend. In 2006, the National Institutes of Health and the Russell Sage Foundation asked the Center for Education of the National Academies to conduct a workshop on research evidence related to future skill demands. The resulting workshop, which took place in Washington, DC, May 30 through June 1, 2007, brought together researchers from various disciplines: psychology, sociology, political science, and business. Here we provide an overview of the research presented as well as a glimpse into the areas that are still very much up for debate.