Despite its seeming lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at …, the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance will increasingly shape the German institution. …

exact contribution of deununionization is a matter of debate, perhaps no more so than in Germany, our case study. The … inequality are constructed for German establishments over the twelve-year period 1996-2008, an interval of continuously declining … Germany more generally. …

(1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany …. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 …

the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German institution, not least in an environment of union decline. In the …In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 … present paper, we estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using a nationally representative German …

Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable … Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works … of the institution and for public policy. …