Both the quantity and quality of education and training in Britain are being comparedunfavourably with arrangements in other countries at a time when public expenditure isfacing the most stringent constraints. This paper starts from the presumption thatimprovements in the quality and quantity of...

Virtual assignments are characterized by the spatial separation of private and business life.The virtual delegate lives and interacts in one culture, yet he or she works together mainlywith people from another culture. While the virtual assignee is physically located in theheadquarters, from an...

This paper presents evidence on the development of educational attainment and its returns on the labor market in Germany in the time period 1985-2002. Returns to education are estimated using Mincer equations. We analyze microcensus data in addition to GSOEP data, which allows estimating returns...