Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …

This paper documents and analyses the demise of works councils in Germany in the period 2007-2022. Using representative … the public sector. Almost two-thirds of workers in the private sector in Germany are not covered by worker co … owner-management of a plant. As our results paint a bleak picture for the future of plant-level co-determination in Germany …

western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and … worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and … between eastern and western Germany to a large degree cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of employees …