"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

Increased wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers is a stylized fact, which can be observed in many developed countries. Among the explanations advanced for this phenomenon is the increasing globalization, a skill-biased technical progress, restructuring of the firms, and last but...

This paper investigates the interaction between establishment-level codetermination and industry-level collective bargaining in Germany. Based on a simple bargaining model we derive our main hypothesis: In establishments covered by collective bargaining agreements works councils are more likely...

This study provides information on the co-determination practices of German and Dutch works councils. We present the findings of two large-scale works councils' surveys in each country. Where do works councils in Germany and the Netherlands show similarities and where do they show differences?...

Die COVID-Pandemie veränderte nicht nur die Arbeitsbedingungen der Beschäftigten, sondern auch die Arbeitsweisen der Betriebs- und Personalräte deutlich. Dieser Report zeigt anhand repräsentativer Daten aus der WSI-Betriebs- und Personalrätebefragung 2021, wie sich die Themen betrieblicher...

Die meisten kulturellen Einrichtungen bzw. Betriebe mit künstlerischem Anspruch wie Theater und Orchester werden betrieblich mitbestimmt. Allerdings gelten für sie Einschränkungen als Tendenzbetriebe, insbesondere sollen Nicht-Künstler nicht in künstlerischen Belangen mitbestimmen, weshalb...