Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing...

Introduction / Peter Auer -- Small-economy macroeconomics / Roland Schettkat -- Working time : from redistribution to modernization / Gerhard Bosch -- Equal opportunities and employment policies / Jill Rubery -- Industrial relations and social dialogue / Jelle Visser