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A report published by the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society on 4 December 2009 investigates the evolution of economic inequalities and the drivers behind these inequalities.
The report analyses developments in the labour markets and education and training systems of Germany and the UK and discusses patterns of earnings inequality and differentials in Germany, the UK and the US.
The research also looks at some of the reasons for changes in inequality, discussing education and skills acquisition, basic skills, school starting ages, labour market returns to different higher education institutions, apprenticeship education and training, and the success of apprenticeship systems in Germany and the UK.
A comparison of the role played by changing political and industrial relations coalitions in the German political economy with the middle-class focus of the UK political system is undertaken, together with recommendations to help shape policy for those seeking to maintain the balance between social equity and economic efficiency.
Inequality, education and comparative political economy (PDF)