TY - CHAP

T1 - Incentives for Lifelong Learning? German Institutions in Comparison

AU - Wolff, Birgitta

AU - Gunkel, Marjaana Anna Maria

AU - Wenzke, Sebastian

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - In Germany, as almost everywhere in the world, the working population is aging. It is predicted that in the year 2020 almost 40 percent of the working population will be more than 50 years old.1 This demographic change in the labor force calls for action: The aging workforce needs to be kept up to date with modern technologies and developments. Investments in human capital become an unavoidable expense. Lifelong learning will be inevitable. This seems to provide challenges for governments, firms, and employees, which — at least in Germany — are not yet been met.

AB - In Germany, as almost everywhere in the world, the working population is aging. It is predicted that in the year 2020 almost 40 percent of the working population will be more than 50 years old.1 This demographic change in the labor force calls for action: The aging workforce needs to be kept up to date with modern technologies and developments. Investments in human capital become an unavoidable expense. Lifelong learning will be inevitable. This seems to provide challenges for governments, firms, and employees, which — at least in Germany — are not yet been met.

KW - Management studies

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-8349-8096-0_8

DO - 10.1007/978-3-8349-8096-0_8

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-8349-1058-5

SP - 91

EP - 111

BT - Transformation in der Ökonomie

A2 - Gischer, Horst

A2 - Reichling, Peter

A2 - Spengler, Thomas

A2 - Wenig, Alois

PB - Gabler Verlag

CY - Wiesbaden

ER -