Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium … council premium is decreasing with the position of the worker in the wage distribution. And it is also higher for women than … for men. Finally, the works council wage premium is associated with longer job tenure. This suggests that some of the …
