The aim of this book is to examine the economic effects of education and training, as determined by a proper match between education and jobs or under- and overeducation, the choices made in education, the quality of schools, the general or the specific nature of the training taken, technology innovation and the obsolescence of knowledge.

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HANS HEIJKE is Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market at Maastrict University.

JOAN MUYSKEN is Chair of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University.

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List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: H.Heijke & J.Muysken PART I: EDUCATION On Returns to Education: Wandering Along the Hills of Oru Land; J.Hartog A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Model of Education Choices in Sweden; C.Belzil & J.Hansen The Choice of a Discipline at University: Risk versus Returns; D.Rochat & J.Demeulemeester The Effects of School Quality on Pupil Outcomes: An Overview; P.Dolton & A Vignoles On Trickling Chimneys and Other Unemployment Misery; A.van Zon, H.Meijers & J.Muysken PART II: TRAINING Mismatch Between Occupation and Education and the Costs and Benefits of Job-related Training; P.van Eijs & H.Heijke Over/Undereducation and Specific Training in Spain: Complementary or Substitute Components of Human Capital?; P.Beneito, J.Ferri, M.L.Molto & E.Uriel Vocational Training and the Poaching Externality: Evidence for France; L.Hocquet Technological Change and Skill Obsolescence: The Case of German Apprenticeship Training; D.Blechinger & F.Pfeiffer PART III: PERSPECTIVES Technology, Globalisation and Employment: Analytical and Policy Challenges; L.Soete Subject Index