This report describes work conducted to assess the feasibility of an experimental monitoring exercise in support to a so-called Watch List Mechanism under the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC in a collaborative design involving EU Member States laboratories and some 200 official monitoring...

Purpose – To introduce the papers which make up a special issue of IJM on labour market intervention. Design/methodology/approach – Briefly describes each of the five papers which comprise this issue of IJM . Findings – Notes that the study contexts of the papers are New Zealand, the UK,...

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to assess the determinants and impact of employer sponsored further training on wage growth in West Germany over the period 1992 to 2002. Design/methodology/approach – Following a descriptive narrative on further training and wages in Germany, data derived...