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Worker directors : a German product that didn’t export?

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

; board-level employee representation ; firm performance ; Germany …

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The performance effects of unions, codetermination, and employee involvement : comparing the United States and Germany (with an addendum on the United Kingdom)

Addison, John T. - In: Innovation, employment and growth policy issues in the …, (pp. 61-120). 2009

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Do works councils inhibit investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 60 (2006/07) 2, pp. 187-203

Theory suggests that firms confront a hold-up problem in dealing with workplace unionism: unions will appropriate a portion of the quasi-rents stemming from long-lived capital. As a result, firms may be expected to limit their exposure to rent-seeking by reducing investments. The U.S. evidence...

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Works councils in the production process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 126 (2006) 2, pp. 251-283

This paper uses data from a nationally representative panel of establishments to estimate the effects of German works councils on firm performance, 1997 - 2000. We analyze the impact of this institution on sales and sales growth using OLC and fixed effect estimates of a translog production...

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German works councils and the anatomy of wages

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Zwick, Thomas - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 63 (2009/10) 2, pp. 247-270

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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : first evidence from quantile regressions

Wagner, Joachim; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 226 (2006) 5, pp. 505-518

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …

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Works councils and the anatomy of wages

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2006

This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...

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The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany : the erosion continues

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany from 2000 to 2008. It … western Germany. Arguably, the path of erosion will continue until rough and ready convergence is reached with eastern Germany … appears to be so. -- Erosion of the dual system ; collective bargaining/works council coverage ; eastern and western Germany …

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Worker directors : a German product that did not export?

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - In: Industrial relations : a journal of economy & society 50 (2011) 2, pp. 354-374

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Change and persistence in the German model of collective bargaining and worker representation

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Bryson, Alex; … - 2011

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