Description: Preface. 1. Introduction; S.W. Black. 2. Globalization and Productivity in the United States and Germany; C.L. Mann. 3. European Labor Markets: Sectoral Versus Spatial Shocks; A.-M. Gulde, H.C. Wolf. 4. The Changing Skill Structure of Employment in German Manufacturing: A Peek Inside the Industry Black Box; J.T. Addison, J. Wagner. 5. Relative Earnings and the Demand for Unskilled Labor in West German Manufacturing; V. Steiner, K. Wagner. 6. Labor Mobility, Labor Standards, and Trade Policy: The Case of the German Endsendegesetz; N. Leiner, H.-J. Vosgerau. 7. Globalization and the 'German Model': Can it Survive? C. Hefeker. 8. Financing Social Security in Germany: Proposals for Changing Its Structure and Some Possible Effects; W. Schmhl. 9. Labor Demand, Unemployment, and the Cost of Social Insurance Schemes in Germany; R.T. Riphahn, T. Bauer. 10. Issues of Environmental and Labor Standards in the Global Trading System; D.K. Brown, et al. 11. The Political Economy of International Labor Standards; S.S. Golub. Index.

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