Sickness absence and works councils: Evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data
Using both household and linked employer-employee data for Germany, we assess the effects of non-union representation in the form of works councils on (1) individual sickness absence rates and (2) a subjective measure of personnel problems due to sickness absence as perceived by a firm's management. We find that the existence of a works council is positively correlated with the incidence and the annual duration of absence. We observe a more pronounced correlation in western Germany which can also be interpreted causally. Further, personnel problems due to absence are more likely to occur in plants with a works council.
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2014
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Authors: | Arnold, Daniel ; Brändle, Tobias ; Goerke, Laszlo |
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Tübingen : Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) |
Subject: | absenteeism | LIAB | personnel problems | sickness absence | SOEP | works councils |
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freely available
Series: | IAW Diskussionspapiere ; 107 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 799370991 [GVK] hdl:10419/107651 [Handle] |
Classification: | J53 - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction) |
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