Based on a German representative sample of employees we explore the relevance anddevelopment of further training in private sector firms. We focus on formal training andexplore possible individual and job-based determinants of its incidence. We also showchanges over time during a 20 year...

Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influenceschooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schoolingand decline in...

The paper draws upon the work of T.W. Schultz to show that human capital theory andlabor market adjustments have important implications for investing in people for the 21st Century.[...]

This paper reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and the returns to those investments in developing countries. It then examines recent evidence regarding which policies can induce increased human capital investments in the most efficient manner, using...

Nach Verwirklichung der deutschen Wiedervereinigung steht die öffentliche Hand vorgravierenden finanziellen Problemen. Dem hohen Investitionsbedarf in Bereichen wieInfrastruktur, Altlastsanierung, Abfallentsorgung und Umweltschutz steht eine angespanntefinanzielle Situation der Gemeinden...

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premiumin the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membershipwage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range ofindividual, job and...

This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...

In dieser Berufsmarktstudie wurden in der Schweiz privatwirtschaftliche Unternehmen und öffentlich-rechtliche Institutionen als potenzielle Arbeitgeber für Informationsspezialisten zu gegenwärtigen Anforderungen und künftigen Perspektiven des Arbeitsmarktes befragt. Sie heben gleichermassen...