2008-03-30: Studies Indicate IT Labor Shortage is a Myth
“These studies done at Duke aren’t alone in their assessment that there is in fact no skills shortage. They’re backed up by other studies conducted by RAND Corporation, The Urban Institute and Stanford University, among others, all of which settle upon the same conclusion: There is no shortage of educated IT workers.”
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1081923#PaperDownload
This according to a well researched article at baselinemag.com:
Dr. Michael S. Teitelbaum, Vice President Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in his testimony to congress, last fall, has claimed: “The RAND Corporation has conducted several studies of this subject; its conclusions go further than my summary above, saying that not only could they not find any evidence of shortages, but that instead the evidence is more suggestive of surpluses.”
http://science.house.gov/publications/Testimony.aspx?TID=9735
Teitelbaum further testifies about the true motives behind shortage promotion: “In my judgment, what you are hearing is simply the expressions of interests by interest groups and their lobbyists. Interest groups that are well organized and funded have the capacity to make their claims heard by you (in Congress), either directly or via echoes in the mass press. Meanwhile those who are not well-organized and funded can express their views, but only as individuals.”
The issue has been discussed on slashdot:
