Human Capital Formation in Germany and the USA
Type
applied research project
Start Date
January 1, 1999
End Date
August 30, 2005
Status
ongoing
Description
Aim of the project is to analyse human capital formation in the USA and Germany on a comparative basis. Our group will particularly focus on the influence of active labour market policies, in particular training and retraining, on human capital. The project culminates in a conference at Chicago that will bring together the research of the different groups involved.
Leader contributor(s)
Partner(s)
It is a joint project with Viktor Steiner (ZEW Mannheim), James Heckman (University of Chicago), Jeff Smith (University of Western Ontario), and Jörn Pischke (MIT).
Funder
Notes
Financial support from the German-American Academic Council is graetfully acknowledged.
Eprints ID
19471