Sure, you can talk all you want about Romney's plan for letting in high-skill immigrants, but that's only 1% of what he will do while he's president.
A recent Deloitte survey found that there were 1.5 million people in London employed in "high skill" sectors – well ahead of the 1.2 million in New York, 784,000 in LA, and 630,000 in Hong Kong.
Mr. Obama reiterated his call to use investments in research and manufacturing to spur growth, particularly in high-skill jobs.
The information technology revolution seems to have increased the importance of and returns to clustering in high-skill sectors.
Our analysis shows women's losses in middle-skill occupation employment shares were concentrated in the low-tech industry and were partially offset by job share gains in high-skill occupations in the same sector between 1980 and 2015.
Males also found relatively more job opportunities in high-skill occupations in the high-tech industry than women but experienced only half of women's gains in relative median wages in this industry between 1980 and 2015.
The academy, which is located in the struggling Austin neighborhood, is the city's first and only career academy dedicated to occupations in high-skill manufacturing.
Men's losses in middle-skill occupation job share were also mainly concentrated in the low-tech sector but were partially offset by employment share gains in high-skill occupations only in the high-tech industry during this period.
