National in-service training systems provide occupational instruction and on-the-job training to experienced workers as well as to new labour force entrants. These systems absorb a significant share of human resource investments in developing countries. The article presents the first estimates...

According to the authors, knowing about informal risk-sharing institutions is important for understanding the determinants of the well-being of poor people in developing countries. Formal credit and insurance markets are less widespread than in developed countries, and publicly provided social...

Auf der Basis von Erhebungen im ländlichen Nepal (Terai Region) wird untersucht, welche Auswirkungen das Erziehungsniveau auf Arbeitskompetenz und Verhaltensweisen der Erwachsenen hat und inwieweit sich der eigene Ausbildungsstand im Wunsch nach formaler Schulerziehung für die eigenen Kinder...