Zunächst wird die empirisch Bedeutung der Fachhochschulen und ihrer Vorgängerinstitutionen im deutschen Hochschulwesen seit Ende der 1950er Jahre nachgezeichnet. Gemessen an der Zahl der Studierenden hat sich ihr Anteil auf zuletzt ein reichliches Drittel deutlich erhöht. Anschließend wird...

Die Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft veraendert gerade Inhalte, Arbeitsformen und institutionelle Strukturen des Wissenschafts- und Bildungssystems. In einzelnen Bundeslaendern sind bereits Hochschulreformen auf den Weg gebracht. Ausgangspunkt der Diskussion in Sachsen ist der von der...

"Im Rahmen des Projekts 'Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens' (WeLL) wird ein Linked Employer-Employee-Datensatz im Paneldesign erstellt, welcher umfangreiche Informationen zur beruflichen Weiterbildung enthält. Durch die Wahl eines Employer-Employee-Ansatzes können...

"In this paper the further training behaviour of firms is explained using a double hurdle approach: the first hurdle is that the further training of employees is worthwhile for the firms in general, the second hurdle is that demand for further training arises. The empirical test is conducted...

"The Swiss mass apprenticeship system is market based. The share of training firms as a percentage of all firms is therefore an indicator which receives much public attention. The share of training firms declined markedly from 1985 to 2001, dropping from 24.7 to 17.6%. This has often been...

"Continuing vocational training is considered to play an important role in both social and occupational inclusion. The present paper will analyse the influence this exerts on participation in continuing vocational training and on private expenditure, the latter being measured in terms of the...

"Although participation in continuing vocational training is often found to be associated with considerable individual benefits, a puzzlingly large number of people still do not take part in training. In order to solve the puzzle we distinguish between temporary and chronic non-participants....

"Whilst in applied empirical research, training in general human capital is mainly explained by structural characteristics of firms, this paper introduces business expectations as an additional explanatory factor. Business expectations are strictly time-variate and firm-specific and reflect both...

"This paper adopts an economic perspective for an investigation of the correlation between cost-benefit aspects and company decisions regarding training. A differentiation is drawn between the basic decision about whether a company should provide its own training and the stipulation of the...