The literature notes an increasing trend towards labor market stratification and dualization in coordinated market economies such as Germany. Labor market insiders and insider-oriented cross-class coalitions are usually identified as the driving forces behind these developments. This paper adds...

Das deutsche Berufsbildungssystem ist im Wandel. Doch dieser Wandlungsprozess entfaltet sich nicht in großen Reformprojekten, sondern in Form von kleinen Schritten, die – über einen langen Zeitraum betrachtet – das System als Ganzes deutlich verändert haben. Das Buch zeichnet diesen...

This paper builds on the arguments developed by Carles Boix (1997, 1998) about partisan differences in supply-side oriented strategies. The original Boix model argues that social democrats in government prefer to increase public investment in human capital formation, while conservatives are...