performance indicators, productivity and profitability. -- One-third co-determination ; firm performance ; Germany …This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination firm performance nexus by using a new type … of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and …

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company … level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the … globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. -- Codetermination ; board-level employee …

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

on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board-director matched panel data for Norway and Germany … the reform. We discuss potential mechanisms and implications for the design of co-determination laws and gender quotas. …

In Germany, an intensive public debate about increasing female participation in leadership positions started in 2009 …

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 …