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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299239
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The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
In a recent survey, Frege (2002) concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a `dead end´. The present treatment offers a different conclusion based on a more encompassing review of the evidence. It will identify three distinct phases in the economic analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299240
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262247
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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/10010269157
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Arbeitnehmervertretungen im öffentlichen Sektor : Bedeutung und (potenzielle) Effizienzwirkungen
Schnabel, Claus - 2007
Gewerkschaften und Betriebs-/Personalräte sind in Deutschland im öffentlichen Sektor deutlich stärker präsent als im … effizientere Ausgestaltung des öffentlichen Dienstes in Deutschland suboptimale Ergebnisse liefern. …In Germany, trade unions and works councils are more often present in the public than in the private sector. Whereas in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297225
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297298
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Internal Rent Seeking, Works Councils, and Optimal Establishment Size
Beckmann, Michael; Kräkel, Matthias - 2011
Using a microeconomic model and data from the Establishment Panel of the German Institute for Employment Research, we analyze the optimal establishment size against the background of rent-seeking workers and the influence of works councils. The theoretical part shows that establishment size has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390667
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Wage bargaining in Germany: The role of works councils and opening clauses
Ellguth, Peter; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Stegmaier, Jens - 2012
der Betriebsrat auf betrieblicher Ebene den Interessensausgleich zwischen Belegschaft und Betriebsführung. Seit Mitte der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323813
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Reciprocity and Workers' Tastes for Representation
Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - 2011
Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601044