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Contributors : 1. Skill formation: interdisciplinary and cross-national perspectives. -- I. Cross-national diversity in skill formation regimes: origins, changes, and institutional variation : 2. Institutions and collective actors in the provision of training: historical and cross national comparisons , 3. When traditions change and virtues become obstacles: skill formation in Britain and Germany.-- The economics and sociology of skill formation: access, investments, and returns to training : 4. Why does the German apprenticeship system work? ; 5. What do we know about training at work? ; 6. Qualifications and returns to training across the life course ; 7. Lack of training: employment opportunities for low-skilled persons from a sociological and microeconomic perspective. -- III. Individuals´ acquisition of skills and competencies: learning environments and measurements of skills : 8. Vocational and professional learning: skill formation between formal and situated learning ; 9. How to compare the performance of VET systems in skill formation