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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703107
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German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703153
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The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and … worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and … between eastern and western Germany to a large degree cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822128
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
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