Many citizens are relatively dissatisfied with the democratic regimes they live in, which can be a threat to political stability. This paper reports empirical evidence that workers in firms with works councils are on average significantly more satisfied with the democracy as it exists in Germany...

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper demonstrates that the impact of works council presence on labor productivity varies between manufacturing and services, between plants that are or are not covered by collective...

In Deutschland ist die Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung im Aufsichtsrat abhängig von der Rechtsform und Firmengröße gesetzlich vorgeschrieben. Die vorliegende Arbeit demonstriert, dass entgegen den rechtskräftigen Regelungen dennoch weniger als die Hälfte aller GmbHs im westdeutschen...

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 supplementary information collected from the firms with...

Die quasi-experimentelle Vignettenstudie untersucht, ob und in welchem Ausmaß unbeteiligte Beobachter bestimmte Formen negativ reziproken Verhaltens am Arbeitsplatz akzeptieren. In einer Online-Befragung sollten die Teilnehmenden verschiedene Szenarien beurteilen - z.B. das Streichen von...

There remains great uncertainty about the economic consequences of co-determination in German supervisory boards. Because employee representation on company boards is mandatory, depending on the legal form and size of the company, a direct comparison of those companies that apply...

This paper examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace codetermination through works councils shape labour market imperfections and how labour market imperfections matter for employer wage premia. Based on representative German plant data for the years 1999-2016, we document...

GmbHs, die regelmäßig zwischen 500 und 2000 Beschäftigte aufweisen, sind gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet, einen drittelmitbestimmten Aufsichtrat zu bilden. Eigene Studien demonstrierten, dass entgegen den rechtskräftigen Regelungen weniger als die Hälfte aller GmbHs im westdeutschen...

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 supplementary information collected from the firms with...

This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first order stochastic...