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Klappentext Increasingly policy makers are focusing on the importance of skills and lifelong learning. The papers in this volume are selected from the papers presented at a conference on Understanding Skills Obsolescence. They advance both the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and the effects of skills obsolescence. Zusammenfassung Increasingly policy makers are focusing on the importance of skills and lifelong learning. The papers in this volume are selected from the papers presented at a conference on Understanding Skills Obsolescence. They advance both the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and the effects of skills obsolescence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Introduction (A. de Grip! J. van Loo and K. Mayhew). The economics of skills obsolescence: a review (A. de Grip! J. van Loo). When do skills become obsolete! and when does it matter? (J. Allen! R. van der Velden). The obsolescence of skill (F. Welch! M. Ureta). Age effect and schooling vintage effect on earnings profiles in Switzerland (J. Ramirez). Technological change and the returns to experience (B. Weinberg). Skill obsolescence: worker-induced and firm-induced factors (P. Allaart et al.). Do older workers have more trouble using a computer than younger workers? (L. Borghans! B. ter Weel). Workforce flexibility in the presence of technological change (R. Fernandez). Macroeconomic equilibrium and the organization of work: a theory of employability (J. Falkinger). Precautionary demand for education! inequality! and technological progress (E. Gould et al.). Economic transformation and the return to human capital - Hungary 1986-99. (G. Kertesi! J. Kollo).
