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Works Councils - Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262247
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Works councils and separations: voice, monopoly, and insurance effects
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269157
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Wage cyclicality under different regimes of industrial relations
Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274606
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262197
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German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 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/10010262744
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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 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/10010261548
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The Demise of Works Councils in Germany
Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2024
This paper documents and analyses the demise of works councils in Germany in the period 2007-2022. Using representative … the public sector. Almost two-thirds of workers in the private sector in Germany are not covered by worker co … owner-management of a plant. As our results paint a bleak picture for the future of plant-level co-determination in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567466
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Owners, External Managers, and Industrial Relations in German Establishments
Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus - 2019
Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179960
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Do Unions and Works Councils Really Dampen the Gender Pay Gap? Discordant Evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020
Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270254
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The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2017
service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786914