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The members of the team that wrote the chapter were Kent Kunze, Kenneth Lavish, Lois Plunkert, Cynthia Engle, Paul Kern, Virginia Klarquist, Shannon Martin, Francisco Moris, and Thomas Wedemire. The second chapter explores the concept, measurement, and growing importance of worker skills and skilled work. Pat Wash. The chapter starts with a discussion on the various definitions of skill and the effect of changes in the economic environment and their effect on skill. This sets the backdrop for an analysis of changes in the education and work experience of the Nation s workforce, occupational patterns and evidence of skill upgrading, the relationship of skill and earnings, and occupational shortages. Chapter 3 addresses the demands that evolving labor market forces have placed on workers time.