"skills shortage" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2008 November 1, “South African emigration leads to skills shortage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Her decision reflects what seems to be an accelerating trend here. Professionals, often young and in middle management but increasingly also senior executives, are leaving, adding to a skills shortage that is already acute.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014 March 31, Paul Krugman, “Jobs and Skills and Zombies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Think about what we would expect to find if there really were a skills shortage. Above all, we should see workers with the right skills doing well, while only those without those skills are doing badly. We don’t.",
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        "A lack of specialized workforce."
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          "ref": "2008 November 1, “South African emigration leads to skills shortage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Her decision reflects what seems to be an accelerating trend here. Professionals, often young and in middle management but increasingly also senior executives, are leaving, adding to a skills shortage that is already acute.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014 March 31, Paul Krugman, “Jobs and Skills and Zombies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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