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Works councils, training and employee satisfaction
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf; Leber, Ute - 2019
This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...
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The role of works councils for severance payments
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - 2017
Using representative German employee data, we analyse the role of works councils for the incidence of severance payments subsequent to dismissals. While there is a positive relation with severance payments after those dismissals which stem from plant closings, the incidence of a works council is...
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Reciprocity and workers' tastes for representation
Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - 2011
Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...
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Sickness absence and works councils : evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data
Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2014 - This version: August 25, 2014
Using both household and linked employer-employee data for Germany, we assess the effects of non-union representation … correlated with the incidence and the annual duration of absence. We observe a more pronounced correlation in western Germany …
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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023
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 with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
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Is there a union wage premium in Germany and which workers benefit most?
Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the …Mit repräsentativen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels findet diese Studie für Deutschland eine statistisch … signifikante Lohnprämie von fast drei Prozent, die mit einer Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft einhergeht, aber keine Tarifvertragsprämie …
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September 11th and the earnings of muslims in Germany : the moderating role of education and firm size
Cornelißen, Thomas; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010
Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the relative earnings of Muslims outside the US. However, the results …
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Trade union membership and sickness absence : evidence from a sick pay reform
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581979
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Trade union membership and dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
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