Presents the results of a survey conducted in 22 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises and interviews of 83 woman workers in these sectors.

Presents the results of a survey conducted in 30 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises.

Dresse un panorama du secteur et de ses mutations en Europe depuis une trentaine d'années. Aborde les changements nécessaires au niveau de la qualification des travailleurs, de l'innovation technologique, de la gestion des ressources humaines, des relations et de l'organisation du travail et...

This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the skills of a workforce. Using micro-data collected from workers in the textile sector, we analyse whether the introduction of ICTs has modified workers’ tasks, so that higher...

Das ifo Institut hat im Rahmen eines vom Observatoire Européen du Textil et de l'Habillement (OETH) in Brüssel konzipierten Forschungsprogramms den Zusammenhang zwischen technologischer Entwicklung und Beschäftigung in der Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie der EU untersucht. Trotz des weiter...

Training (for workers) and innovation (for workplaces) are not free lunches. From the viewpoint of the firm, training is also highly risky, because there is uncertainty over the size of any future returns from employer-provided training. Stylized facts stress that constraints in achieving...

During the 1980s and 1990s "Active labour" market reforms opened up labour markets in Europe, making them more flexible without putting in jeopardy the essence of the social security protection model. Countries that went furthest in such "active labour" market reforms such as the UK, the...