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Reconciling the opposing economic effects of works councils across databases
Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2021
Recent studies on the economic effects of works councils in Germany using the European Company Survey estimate a …
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Works councils
Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2022
This chapter reviews the economic effects of employee representation with statutory consultation and information rights at the workplace, the works councils. The chapter summarises the international literature which is heavily skewed towards the German case. This review focuses, first, on the...
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Democracy at work : revisited
Jochmann-Döll, Andrea; Wächter, Hartmut - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 19 (2008) 4, pp. 274-290
in the 1960s and which goes far beyond the legal framework of German codetermination (“Mitbestimmung”). The model … comprises full codetermination in economic affairs, substantial gain-sharing, participation through work teams on the shop floor …
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Voluntary quits: do works councils matter? : an analysis of the reform of the German Works Constitution Act 2001
Adam, Julian B. - 2018
Most of the literature on the effects of German works councils does not deal with the issue of potential endogeneity of works council existence. Exploiting exogenous variation in works council authority stemming from a 2001 reform of the German Works Constitution Act, I apply a regression...
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Works councils : sand or grease in the operation of German firms
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019
study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019
study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138978
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019
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The German model of industrial relations : balancing flexibility and collective action
Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2022
pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany …-level distributional conflict. Relative to other European countries, Germany makes it easy for employers to avoid coverage or use … unemployment, but may also erode bargaining coverage and increase inequality. Meanwhile, firm-level codetermination through worker …
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Works councils as gatekeepers : codetermination, monitoring practices, and job satisfaction
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2023
linked-employer-employee panel data from Germany. We indeed find that the adoption of formal performance appraisals and …
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