Der Verfasser betont, daß für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens bzw. eines Landes nicht die "statische Effizienz" ausschlaggebend sei. Wichtiger sei die Fähigkeit, sich einerseits Veränderungen schnell anpassen und andererseits auch innovativ vorausgehen zu können. Erfolgreiche...

"Against the background of overall fiscal costs of registered unemployment amounting to DM 150 billion in 1999 this paper deals with the function of active labour market policy measures in accordance with the Social Code III in easing this situation. The paper is intended to examine the extent...

"In this paper the basic manifestations and effects of wage subsidies are outlined and the probable employment effects of the existing subsidies are shown. In addition to this the paper analyses what employment effects and fiscal costs would result from proposed changes to the existing forms of...

"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...

Comparative education research is getting increasingly important in the face of the EU process of open coordination of education policies. An international comparison of expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP puts Austria in the front league of the developed world. The high priority...

"This paper analyzes training motives of firms and the allocation of productive tasks at the workplace using data from the cost-benefit-survey of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training for the year 2007 (BIBB-CBS 2007). We distinguish between two training motives, the...

"Since the mid-1990s of the last century, changes in the German apprenticeship system have mainly been discussed under the light of too low participation and training rates of companies. Statistical analysis of relevant questions mostly relies on means derived from cross-sectional data such as...

"Against the background of overall fiscal costs of registered unemployment amounting to DM 150 billion in 1999 this paper deals with the function of active labour market policy measures in accordance with the Social Code III in easing this situation. The paper is intended to examine the extent...