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100			_aStewart, Fran _954189
245			_aSTEM and Soft Occupational Competencies: _bAnalyzing the Value of Strategic Regional Human Capital/ _cFran Stewart
260			_bSage, _c2020.
300			_aVol.34, issue 4, 2020: (356-371p.)
520			_aThis research examines the distribution of STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—and soft-skill competencies in occupations within regional economies in the United States. This research explores the public policy question: Do occupational competencies offer a better measure of regional human capital than the commonly used metric of educational attainment? Policy makers at all levels of government have increasingly emphasized STEM education as vital to economic well-being. This research finds support for the importance of STEM occupational competencies to regional median wage and productivity, but findings also indicate the important contributions of “soft skills” to regional economic well-being. This suggests new avenues for region-focused training and human capital development aligned to occupational skill demands that reward workers and benefit regions.
650			_aSTEM _954303
650			_aRegional Human Capital _954304
650			_aSoft Occupational _954305
700			_aYeom, Minkyu _eCo-author _954306
700			_aStewart, Alice _eCo-author _954307
773	0		_010589 _916747 _dSage Publisher _tEconomic development quarterly
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0891242420948604
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