Showing 1 - 10 of 196
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297205
Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299228
Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the latest swing of the legislative pendium - favoring works council formation and competence - and evaluate the case for it. We provide new information on the extent of works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299234
We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Panel, a nationally representative German data set. We recoup the works council effect by estimating translog production functions, stochastic frontier production functions, and a model in first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299239
In a recent survey, Frege (2002) concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a `dead end´. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299240
level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299746
collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that nation's economic resurgence. Yet little is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345381
representative data for Germany - for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime - to investigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329106
Germany where the phenomenon has been linked to economic resurgence. The present paper takes an unconventional approach to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615050
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