Labor market adjustments to structural change and technological progress

Abstract

Introduction The Impacts of Structural and Technological Change: An Overview by Eileen Appelbaum & Ronald Schettkat General Changes in the Structure of the Economies Structures of Postindustrial Society or Does Mass Unemployment Disappear in the Service and Information Economy? by Fritz W. Sharpf Differential Characteristics of Employment Growth in Service Industries by Eileen Appelbaum & Peter Albin Structural Change in the United States, Past and Prospective: Its Implication for Skill and Educational Requirements by Ronald E. Kutscher Structural Change, Information Technology, and Employment: The Case of France by Pascal Petit Structural Change in the Federal Republic of Germany: The Case of Services by Frank Stille Adjusting to Technological and Structural Change Institutions Regulating the Labor Market: Support or Impediments for Structural Change? by Gunther Schmid Flexibility in the Labor Market--Internal versus External Adjustment in International Comparison by Werner Sengenberger Manufacturing Products with Microelectronics: Sectoral Strengths and the Social Construction of Actors in Britain and Germany by Adrian Campbell, Arndt Sorge, and Malcom Warner Labor Market Adjustments to Structural Change in Sweden by Lena Gonas Adjustment Processes in the Economy: Labor Market Dynamics in the Federal Republic of Germany by Ronald Schettkat Bibliography Index