• Preface and Introduction (A. de Grip, J. van Loo and K. Mayhew). The economics of skills obsolescence: a review (A. de Grip, J. van Loo). When do skills become obsolete, and when does it matter? (J. Allen, R. van der Velden). The obsolescence of skill (F. Welch, M. Ureta). Age effect and schooling vintage effect on earnings profiles in Switzerland (J. Ramirez). Technological change and the returns to experience (B. Weinberg). Skill obsolescence: worker-induced and firm-induced factors (P. Allaart et al.). Do older workers have more trouble using a computer than younger workers? (L. Borghans, B. ter Weel). Workforce flexibility in the presence of technological change (R. Fernandez). Macroeconomic equilibrium and the organization of work: a theory of employability (J. Falkinger). Precautionary demand for education, inequality, and technological progress (E. Gould et al.). Economic transformation and the return to human capital - Hungary 1986-99. (G. Kertesi, J. Kollo).

...Eleven papers, presented at a conference held in Maastricht in May 2001, advance the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and effects of skills obsolescence. Papers focus on a review of the various causes of skills obsolescence and the ways in which skills obsolescence has been modeled or estimated in the economic literature. Journal of Economic Literature