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Works Councils - Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
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.
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The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
distinct phases in the economic analysis of codetermination at the workplace. While Frege just considered studies from the … der empirischen Evidenz beruht. Dabei werden drei Phasen der ökonomischen Analyse der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung …
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Works Councils and the Productivity Impact of Direct Employee Participation
Zwick, Thomas - 2003
This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices. On the basis of a representative German establishment data set, the IAB establishment panel, the study finds that the presence of team-work, a reduction of hierarchies and autonomous work groups...
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Effects of workplace representation on firm-provided further training in Germany
Stegmaier, Jens - 2010
Betriebsrat. Unter Verwendung des IAB-Betriebspanels untersuche ich den Einfluss des Betriebsrats und anderen, informelleren … Mitbestimmung mit der Betriebsgröße variiert, prüfe ich weiter, ob damit Betriebsgrößendifferenziale verbunden sind. Die … der Betriebsrat einen positiven Einfluss auf die betriebliche Weiterbildung hat. Hinsichtlich der …
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The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
codetermination at the workplace. This framework is key to understanding the progress that has been made in analysing the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261591
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Works councils and separations: voice, monopoly, and insurance effects
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …
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Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294754
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German works councils in the production process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003
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...
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Innovation und Interessenvertretung in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
Sacher, Martin; Rudolph, Wolfgang - 2002
Vor dem Hintergrund schwieriger Innovationsbedingungen insbeson dere in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU …) einerseits, häufig schwach ausgeprägter Mitbestimmungs strukturen in KMU andererseits, geht die Studie der These nach, dass … sind betriebliche Fallstudien in 30 KMU, davon 20 in Thüringen und 10 in Hessen. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass in Thüringen …
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Wage cyclicality under different regimes of industrial relations
Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …
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