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 …

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 …

Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …