The bankruptcy of Enron in December 2001 marked the beginning of broad awareness that American corporations had left behind the strategy of expanding through diversification that was the hallmark of the 1950s through the early 1980s. CEOs now mad it job one to meet the earnings projections of...

Based on empirical evidence, we argue that recent declines in the basic skills of German pupils are highly concerning from a labour market policy perspective. High-quality schooling is crucial for meeting the demands of a changing labour market, as it provides new cohorts of workers with basic...

This edited volume is the outcome of a long collaboration among its nine contributors, who participated in a two-year workshop at the University of Wisconsin organized by Rogers Hollingsworth and Leon Lindberg. It is surprisingly coherent for an edited collection, in part because the authors...