Edited by Klaus Schömann, International University Bremen, Germany and Philip J. O’Connell, University College Dublin, Ireland

• Contents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. The Theory of Labour Market Transitions Applied to the Transitional Labour Market of Education and Training Part I: Education Systems and First Entry into the Labour Market 3. Choosing Between Education, Training and Labour Market Entry 4. Segmentation in the Labour Market: An Analysis of Recruitment Part II: Evaluation of Training Transitions and Training Policies 5. Active Labour Market Policies, Market Orientation and Gender: Findings for Young People in Ireland 6. Training for the Unemployed in the Netherlands: What Do We Know After More Than 50 Evaluation Studies? 7. A Long-term Perspective on the Effects of Training in Germany 8. Training Transitions in the EU: Different Policies but Similar Effects? Part III: The Firm’s Rationale for Training 9. Training Practices and Management of Older Workers: A Typology from the French Case 10. Exclusion of Older Workers, Productivity and Training 11. Training and the Transition from Work into Unemployment 12. Does Enterprise-Sponsered Training Aggravate or Alleviate Existing Inequalities? Evidence from Ireland Part IV: Actors in the Field of Training 13. Firms’ Further Training Practices and Social Exclusion: Can Industrial Relations Systems Provide Greater Equality? Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Germany and France 14. Assessing the Impact of Experimental EU Training Policies in France, Germany and Ireland 15. From the Market for Qualifications to the Transitional Labour Market of Learning and Working: Summary and Conclusion Index

'. . . this is an interesting and valuable book. . . a genuinely useful contribution to the literature. . . It will help all those who are engaged in exploring the relationship between education and training on the one hand and obtaining and maintaining employment on the other hand.'