Globalization from Below: Labor Inequality in the German Shipbuilding Industry, 1960-2000

Globalization, Inequality and Labor Market Policies

This paper addresses four questions. First, is globalization associated with more inequality in consumption or earnings? Second, is the labor market an important transmission mechanism? Third, can labor market policies reduce inequality? And fourth, would these policies have important side effects on efficiency? The answers are based on an analytical survey of the literature, including several ...

Industrial and geographical mobility of workers during industry decline: The Swedish and German shipbuilding industries 1970–2000

Explaining Ethnic Inequality in the German Labor Market: Labor Market Institutions, Context of Reception, and Boundaries

The descendants of immigrants comprise nearly a third of the West German population under the age of 25 years and will soon become a substantial proportion of the native born labor force. Owing to the young age of this group, and a lack of governmental data on parental place of birth, there is currently little research that compares the labor market outcomes of the second generation of differen...

Improving Coating Processes in the Shipbuilding Industry

Copyright ©1997, Technology Publishing Company process and its interaction with the other aspects of shipbuilding, namely steelwork and outfitting. As a result of the research programme, a technical association was set up at the end of 1996 between Appledore International and International Paint. The aim of this association is to combine the shipyard production and engineering expertise of the ...

Globalization And Inequality In Different Economic Blocks