Hier werden die deutlichen Konturen, die das Fach Arbeitslehre inzwischen gewonnen hat, umfassend und systematisch allen Lehrenden, Studierenden und am Fach Interessierten zugänglich gemacht. Prof. Dr. Alfons Schmid is Professor for Economics at the faculty of Social Sciences at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main and scientific Director of the Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK). His main areas of research are regional developments of employment and labour markets, regional competitiveness, regional forecasting, regional studies on poverty, wealth and attitudes towards the welfare state.