This article presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand-in-hand with higher labour productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first-order stochastic...

The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...

The main body of research on work councils has been conducted on a collective institutional level, neglecting work council members at an individual level. In times of changing industrial relations, the importance of work councils in management decision making has risen steadily and thus further...

In der vorliegenden Studie wird der Einfluss von Betriebsräten auf das Angebot und die Finanzierung betrieblicher Weiterbildung untersucht. Anhand ökonometrischer Schätzungen mit den Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels, Wellen 2003 bis 2009, wird zudem die Betriebsratswirkung auf die...