In den Wirtschaftsstrukturen der Industrieländer vollzieht sich seit den neunziger Jahren ein tiefgreifender Umbruch. Veränderungen des globalen Faktorangebots, dynamische Entwicklungen in den internationalen Marktstrukturen, das Entstehen weltweiter Produktionsnetzwerke und technologische...

The strikingly different labor market performance of major industrial countries suggests that neither globalization nor skill-biased technological change necessarily result in rising unemployment or declining wages of low-skilled workers. Rather, globalization and technological change cause...

International comparative studies of student performance have initiated political discussions in countries all over the world on how to improve the educational achievement of students. The empirical evidence suggests that central exams help to achieve higher student performance. Central exams...