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What does codetermination do?
Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021
We provide a comprehensive overview of codetermination, i.e., worker representation in firms' governance and management … that existing quasi-experimental estimates suggest that codetermination has zero or very small positive effects on worker … codetermination laws using novel cross-country event studies exploiting a series of codetermination reforms between the 1960s and 2010 …
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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 … unemployment, but may also erode bargaining coverage and increase inequality. Meanwhile, firm-level codetermination through worker …
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Explaining cross-national variation in workplace employee representation
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex; George, Anitha - 2016
Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...
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Worker representation
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2022
We define worker representation, identify the factors that determine demand for it among workers and employers, discuss difficulties in supplying worker representation, and reflect on the implications of worker representation for worker welfare and the behavior and performance of employers.
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Complementarity in employee participation systems: international evidence
Burdín, Gabriel; Kato, Takao - 2021
We describe the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of complementarity in organizations. Specifically, rather than treating each work practice in isolation, we consider it an element of HIWS (High...
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Wage cyclicality under different regimes of industrial relations
Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Since there is scant evidence on the role of industrial relations in wage cyclicality, this paper analyzes the effect of collective wage contracts and of works councils on real wage growth. Using linked employer-employee data for western Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth...
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Voice at work
Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021
We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...
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Management practices, worker commitment, and workplace representation
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2020
Using multilevel mixed effects ordered logistic models, this paper conducts an original investigation of the new management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while incorporating the notion of affective commitment. It is...
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Robots and worker voice: an empirical exploration
Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2020
The interplay between labour institutions and the adoption of automation technologies remains poorly understood. Specifically, there is little evidence on how the nature of industrial relations shapes technological choices at the workplace level. Using a large sample of more than 20000 European...
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Corporate hierarchies under employee representation
Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2020
This paper analyzes whether workplace employee representation (ER) affects the design of firm hierarchies. We rationalize the role of ER within a knowledge-based model of hierarchies, where the firm's choice of hierarchical layers depends on the trade-off between communication and knowledge...
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