Introduction -- Defining talent: Between human capital and the creative economy -- Positioning Talent: history, cities and the growing importance of talent -- Challenging talent: Cities and the cycle of rising disparities -- Raising talent: higher education and uneven career outcomes -- Exposing...

Wie signalisieren hochbegabte Bewerber potenziellen Arbeitgebern ihr überdurchschnittliches Talent? Ein prominentes Kriterium ist die Ausbildung, denn Hochschulen lassen sich als Filtereinrichtungen interpretieren, die eine Einteilung von Studierenden in unterschiedliche Qualitätsstufen...

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the...