Skills are key to a better job and a better life. Yet acquiring them is often most difficult for the people who need them most: those trapped in low-paid jobs with hard working conditions. Innovative experiments throughout OECD member countries show that barriers to skills acquisition can be...

Higher-level skills are increasingly demanded by the knowledge-based economy. But with rising mobility and demographic change, it is no longer so simple to invest in a skilled workforce for the future. Actions are needed on a variety of fronts, including attracting and retaining talent, better...

Higher-level skills are increasingly demanded by the knowledge-based economy. But with rising mobility and demographic change, it is no longer so simple to invest in a skilled workforce for the future. Actions are needed on a variety of fronts, including attracting and retaining talent, better...

Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht die Lebenslagen, insbesondere die Arbeitsmarktsituation, von An- und Ungelernten in Deutschland. Diese schneiden bei allen betrachteten Indikatoren (Erwerbstätigkeit, Einkommen, Weiterbildung, Stellung im Betrieb) schlechter ab als Personen mit abgeschlossener...