Option for a knowledge society requires investment in human resources development to encourage employees to acquire new skills and accept occupational mobility. Effective strategies to improve access to learning and training throughout life, in order to eliminate the deficit of competence,...

This paper describes a two-sector demo-economic model (agricultural and non-agricultural sectors) applied to Europe and spanning the period from the neolithic agricultural revolution to the Industrial Revolution. The model describes the "incessant contest" between population growth and food...