The Final Report of the project
LOW SKILLS : A PROBLEM FOR EUROPE
by Steve McIntosh and Hilary Steedman
The Executive Summary of the Final Report
LOW SKILLS : A PROBLEM FOR EUROPE
by Steve McIntosh and Hilary Steedman
Papers and summary of discussion from a Seminar held at CEDEFOP Thessaloniki
AGORA IV THE LOW-SKILLED ON THE EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKET: PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS - TOWARDS A MINIMUM LEARNING PLATFORM
Carneiro R and Conceiçào P (1999) 'Learning-by-Doing and Formalized Learning: A Case Study of Contrasting Development Patterns in Portuguese Industry' Working Paper 1009, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics [2]
Houtkoop W (1999a) 'The Position of the Low-Skilled in Firms' Max Goote Centre, University of Amsterdam, mimeo [3]
Kazamaki Ottersten E (1997) 'Labour Demand: An Institutional Approach' Mimeo, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm [4]
Kazamaki Ottersten E (1998) 'Labour Market Conditions, Wage Bargaining and Education Policies: A Note' Mimeo, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm [5] (to follow)
Kazamaki Ottersten E, Lindh T and Mellander E (1999) 'Evaluating Firm Training, Effects on Performance and Labour Demand' Applied Economic Letters, 6, 431-437 [6]
Kirsch (1998) "Low Training Levels on European Labour Markets : Convergence and Contrasts", Training and Employment n° 34, Céreq, Marseille [7]
Kirsch (1999a) "Devenir des bas niveaux de qualification: comparaison des situations nationales" mimeo CEREQ, Marseille [8](to follow)
Kirsch (1999b) "Niveau de formation et marché du travail : l'Europe des contrastes", Bref n° 151, Céreq, Marseille [9]
Leuven E and Oosterbeek H (1997) "Demand and supply of work-related training: Evidence from four countries", Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 97-013/3 [10]
Leuven E, Oosterbeek H, and van Ophem H (1998a) "Explaining International Differences in Male Wage Inequality by Differences in Demand and Supply of Skill" Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 392, May [11]
Leuven E and Oosterbeek H (1998b) " The Quality of New Jobs for the Low-Skilled in Europe" mimeo, Faculty of Economics, University of Amsterdam [12]
Leuven E and Oosterbeek H (1998c) "An Explicit Sharing Rule for Firm-specific Human Capital Investments" mimeo, Faculty of Economics, University of Amsterdam [13]
Leuven E and Oosterbeek H (1999) "Demand and supply of work-related training: Evidence from five countries (Results for the United Kingdom)" Mimeo [14]
Lages M (1997) 'The Output of the School System in Portugal: Facts, Figures and Issues' Mimeo, CEPCEP, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon [15]
Lages M (1998) 'Some Questions on the Differential Success of Portuguese Students' Mimeo, CEPCEP, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon [16]
McIntosh S (1998b) "The Demand for Post-Compulsory Education in Four European Countries" Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 393, May [17]
McIntosh S (1998a) "Job quality in the United Kingdom, 1985-1995' Working Paper No. 981, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science [18]
McIntosh S (1999) 'A Cross-Country Comparison of the Determinants of Vocational Training' Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 432, July [19]
Mellander (1999) 'The Multi-Dimensional Demand for Labour and Skill-Biased Technical Change' Mimeo, Industriens Utredningsinstitut, Stockholm [20]
Murray A and Steedman H (1999) "Growing Skills in Europe: the Changing Skill Profiles of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the UK" Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 399, (Revised December 1999) [21]
Murray A (1997) 'Young People without an Upper Secondary Education in Sweden. Their home background, school and labour market experiences' Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 41, No. 2, [22]
Murray A (1999) 'Low-skilled Young People on the Labour Market in Sweden from the 1970s to the 1990s mimeo Stockholm Institute of Education; accepted for publication as 'Changes on the Labour Market for Young Adults without Further Education and Training' in the Journal of Education and Work (forthcoming) [23]
Steedman H (1999) "Looking into the Qualifications Black Box: What can International Surveys tell us about Basic Competence?" Discussion Paper No. 431 Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science [24]
Steedman H (1999) 'Low Skills: How the Supply is Changing across Europe' in European Trends in Occupations and Qualifications, CEDEFOP, Luxembourg [25]
Houtkoop W (1999b) 'Progress towards a minimum learning platform in Europe' Max Goote Centre, University of Amsterdam, mimeo [26]