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It evaluates overall higher-education attainment, highlights gains among younger cohorts, and identifies gaps in Ohio’s relative standing and ability to attract educated workers. 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economic performance is closely linked to the skills and knowledge of its workforce.Using college attainmentas a measure of workforce skills,we examine overall trends in higher education to get a sense of where Ohio stands rela-tive to other states.The data reveal that Ohio has made some progress,especially in improving educational attainmentin its younger workers.At the same time,Ohio lags in a number of other dimensions,in particular,in its overallevel ofcollege attainment and in attracting educated workers into the state.  \nA region's economic performance is closely related to thequality of its human capital-the knowledge and skills thatits workforce possesses.Many studies have shown thatU.S.states and metropolitan areas with a high proportionof highly skilled workers grow faster in terms of income,productivity,and population than less skilled regions.  \nThis Commentary looks at the development of Ohio's humancapital base,focusing specifically on high-skilled,college-educated labor.The share of college graduates in the adultpopulation (25 years or older)is a standard metric used toproxy for the high-skill nature of the workforce in a region.To be sure,it is not a comprehensive measure of skill.Individuals without college degrees may have developedstrong skills through work experience and nondegree train-ing programs.In addition,there are likely to be differencesin the quality of acquired skills that are not picked up byrelatively coarse educational attainment metrics.Still,thecollege attainment variable works reasonably well as a mea-sure of human capital-it is positively correlated with thelong-run economic growth of U.S.regions and stands up toa number of robustness tests.  \nWe examine overall trends in college attainment for Ohio.The data reveal that Ohio has made progress,especially inimproving educational attainment in its younger workers,but it also lags in a number of other dimensions,especiallyin attracting educated workers into the state.  \nThe human capital of a region depends on a range of fac-tors including (but not limited to)the educational infra-structure of the state,the industries that operate within itsborders,and the ability to retain and attract highly skilledworkers.We present 10 features that describe the currentstate of development of Ohio's workforce skills,and itsnear-term outlook.  \n1.Ohio's ranking in college attainment rates amongthe 50 states has been static for the last three decades,hovering around the 25th percentile.  \nIn 2010,for example,24.6 percent of Ohioans aged 25and older had earned a four-year college degree (com-pared to the national average of 28.2 percent),placingOhio at 39 in the rankings.Like other states,Ohio hasincreased its college attainment rates over time,but it hasnot improved its relative position among the states.Thisstability of rank is not found in all states.States such asPennsylvania and Ilinois have seen marked increases intheir college attainment rates,both in absolute and relativeterms,each improving by 15 places since 1980.Alterna-tively,certain Mountain and Southwestern states haveseen their relative positions decline.(See figure 1.)  \nFigure 1.State College Attainment Rankings  \n1980 ranking  \nNotes:In the rankings of BA attainment rates for the 50 states,a rank of 1 has thehighest attainment rate,and a rank of 50 has lowest attainment rate.Axes ranklowest attainment to highest attainment.The line represents the 45 degree line.Sources:Decennial Census(1980);American Community Survey(2010);PUMS.  \n2.Ohio's younger working cohorts are doing better.Ohio's youngest working cohort(ages 25-34)had relativelylow college attainment rates in 1980,ranking 39th in thenation.By 2010,Ohio had moved up to the 25th spot,with  \n29.4 percent of the younger cohort having at least a four-year college degree.Moreover,this younger cohort doeseven better in terms of advanced ","cbCainaar27qV04L","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainaar27qV04L","pdf",1381979,"English","# 10 Things to Know about the Shape ofOhio's Skilled Workforce\n## Workforce skills and human capital metrics\n## Ohio’s overall ranking stability\n## Younger cohorts improving\n## Older cohorts declining and population shifts\n## Pipeline of skilled workers","[{\"question\":\"What metric does the commentary use to assess Ohio’s workforce skills?\",\"answer\":\"It uses college attainment as a proxy for high-skill, college-educated labor. While it is not comprehensive, it correlates positively with long-run regional economic growth.\"},{\"question\":\"Why has Ohio’s overall college-attainment ranking stayed relatively stable?\",\"answer\":\"The commentary attributes stability to declining educational attainment among older cohorts and slower population growth among younger cohorts, which reduces the impact of younger education gains on overall rankings.\"},{\"question\":\"How are Ohio’s younger working cohorts performing compared with earlier years?\",\"answer\":\"Ohio’s 25–34 cohort improved, moving up in the nation and increasing the share with at least a four-year college degree. The cohort also shows better outcomes in advanced degrees by 2010.\"}]","10 Things to Know about the Shape of Ohio's Skilled Workforce | PDF",1789960283,13]