Die Ergebnisse einer Unternehmensbefragung des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln und des Institute for Law and Finance an der Universität Frankfurt zur Bewertung der Unternehmensmitbestimmung deuten darauf hin, dass die paritätische Mitsprache der Arbeitnehmer im Aufsichtsrat den...

Betriebliche Mitbestimmung wird hierzulande in der Regel mit der Interessenvertretung der Beschäftigten auf Basis des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes gleichgesetzt. Eine Befragung von Unternehmen im Rahmen des IW-Zukunftspanels zeigt, dass in der Industrie und deren Verbundbranchen in gut 11...

In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a ?dead end?. The...

Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.

Neben bereits seit längerer Zeit laufenden Kooperationsprojekten zwischen Statistischen Ämtern und externen Wissenschaftlern sind in jüngster Zeit bei den großen amtlichen Datenproduzenten Forschungsdatenzentren (FDZ) entstanden, die Wissenschaftlern den Zugriff auf Mikrodaten aus...

This paper discusses issues related to the use of confidential firm level data in Germany. It starts by defining firm level data (in section 1) and reminding us what they are good for (in section 2), who produces firm level data in Germany, and how researchers can access these data today (in...

A new generation of data sets became available recently in the research data centres of the German statistical offices. These new data combine information for firms gathered in different surveys (or from other sources) that could not be analyzed jointly before. This paper offers a short...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination - firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with...

A new generation of data sets became available recently in the research data centres of the German statistical offices. These new data combine information for firms gathered in different surveys (or from other sources) that could not be analyzed jointly before. This paper offers a short...