The paper builds on a French-German comparison of how individuals' education and their social class position are related to each other. Labour-force surveys from the early 1970s and 1990s are used as the empirical basis. We analyse patterns of occupational stratification by education from three pers…
This article is based on interviews with informed participants and on case studies of companies in Baden-Württemberg, Rhône-Alpes, Lombardy, and Catalonia. It discusses the new trends in firms' demand for human resources and the different mechanisms for the social production of a skilled labour supp…
The German vocational education system, especially its dual system of apprenticeship training, id often praised for providing vocational skills geared to current practices in specific occupations. Yet only about half of all Germans currently have jobs that match their vocational education. This pape…
