Definition: Number of economically active qualified manpower

Category: Science and technology statistics

Number of economically active qualified manpower comprises the total number of persons with the necessary qualifications for personnel in categories "scientists and engineers" and "technicians" who are engaged in, or actively seeking work in, some branch of the economy at a given reference date. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Canberra_Manual_1992_EN.pdf
Source:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), "The measurement of scientific and technological activities; manual on the measurement of human resources devoted to S&T; Canberra Manual", OECD, Paris, 1995, p. 71
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