Introduction: Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries? / Pepper D. Culpepper -- Threats to the German System in Comparative Perspective -- The German Apprenticeship System under Strain / Karin Wagner -- Craft Production in Crisis: Industrial Restructuring in Germany during the 1990s / Gary Herrigel, Charles F. Sabel -- The German Skill-Creation System and Team-Based Production: Competitive Asset or Liability? / David Finegold, Karin Wagner -- Distributive Outcomes of the German Training System -- Vocational Training and Job Mobility in Comparative Perspective / Thomas Hinz -- Gender and Skills: Distributive Ramifications of the German Skill System / Helga Kruger -- Continuing Occupational Training in an Aging German Economy / Jutta Gatter -- International Experiments with In-Firm Training -- Individual Choice, Collective Action, and the Problem of Training Reform: Insights from France and Eastern Germany / Pepper D. Culpepper -- Sectoral Training Initiatives in the US: Building Blocks of a New Workforce Preparation System? / Eric Parker, Joel Rogers -- Building a Governance Structure for Training? Employers, Government and the TEC Experiment in Britain / Stewart Wood -- Conclusion: The Future of the German Skill-Creation System: Conclusions and Policy Options / David Finegold. |