• Manfred Kaiser, Ph.D., is senior research officer at the Institute of Employment Research in Nuremberg. He has written extensively on occupational flexibility, education and labour market issues and he has acted as consultant to national and international institutions.
• Heinz J. Werner, Ph.D., is senior research officer at the Institute of Employment Research in Nuremberg. He has worked in international organizations like the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the Commission of the European Communities and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and has published extensively on international aspects of the labour market. He has also acted as consultant to national and international institutions.