
The German Skills Machine
Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global Economy
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-57181-296-4 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years the German economy has grown sluggishly and created few new jobs. These developments have led observers to question the future viability of a model that in the past seemed able to combine economic growth, competitiveness in export markets, and low social inequality. This volume brings together empirical and comparative research from across the social sciences to examine whether or not Germany's system of skill provision is still capable of meeting the economic and social challenges now facing all the advanced capitalist economies. At issue is the question of whether or not the celebrated German training system, an essential element of the high-skill, high-wage equilibrium, can continue to provide the skills necessary for German companies to hold their economic niche in a world characterized by increasing trade and financial interdependence. Combining an examination of the competitiveness of the German training system with an analysis of the robustness of the political institutions that support it, this volume seeks to understand the extent to which the German system for imparting craft skills can adjust to changes in the organization of production in the advanced industrial states.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Herndon
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
25 Tables, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
618 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57181-296-4 (9781571812964)
DOI
10.3167/9781571811448
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Pepper D. Culpepper | David Finegold
The German Skills Machine
Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global Economy
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Persons
Pepper D. Culpepper is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Content
Part I: Threats to the German System: Is It Affordable? Is it Competitive?
Part II: Labor Market Outcomes of the German Training System
Part III: Comparative Perspectives on In-firm Training
Part II: Labor Market Outcomes of the German Training System
Part III: Comparative Perspectives on In-firm Training