README.md

metadata

language:
  - en
license: mit
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
tags:
  - economics
  - skillrift
  - computational-economics
  - labor-economics
  - emerging-terminology
pretty_name: Skillrift Economics Dataset
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Skillrift Economics Dataset

Dataset Description

Summary

Synthetic 200-row dataset for Skillrift measurement and computational experiments.

Supported Tasks

• Economic analysis
• Labor Economics research
• Computational economics

Languages

• English (metadata and documentation)
• Python (code examples)

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

• id: Unique observation id
• quarter: Synthetic labor-market quarter
• demand_shift_speed: Speed of change in demanded occupational skills
• training_gap: Gap between required and available training provision
• vacancy_skill_intensity: Skill intensity requirements in open vacancies
• worker_reskilling_rate: Rate of effective worker reskilling
• education_alignment_gap: Gap between formal education outputs and market needs
• productivity_loss: Productivity loss attributable to skill mismatch
• mobility_support: Institutional support for labor mobility and transition
• skillrift_index: Composite term index

Data Splits

• Full dataset: 200 examples

Dataset Creation

Source Data

Synthetic data generated for demonstrating Skillrift applications.

Data Generation

Channels are sampled from controlled distributions with correlated structure. The term index is computed from normalized channels and directional weights.

Considerations

Social Impact

Research-only synthetic data for method development and reproducibility testing.

Additional Information

Licensing

MIT License - free for academic and commercial use.

Citation

@dataset{skillrift2026, title={{Skillrift Economics Dataset}}, author={{Economic Research Collective}}, year={{2026}} }