Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates … not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination …

We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in … 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils … the law. The economic correlates of co-determination, such as higher productivity and wages, affect non-compliance in …

to working in the workplace. We further decompose homeworking into telework and bringing work home and find that the … effect of SWB varies by types of homeworking. In comparison with working in the workplace, telework increases stress in both … received. The only positive effect of homeworking we discover is that telework reduces tiredness on weekdays. As to the …

The COVID-19 pandemic created the largest experiment in working from home. We study how persistent telework may change … energy and transport consumption and costs in Germany to assess the distributional and environmental implications when … full time from home. Our findings suggest that telework translates into an annual increase in heating energy expenditure of …

study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …