Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links between these two historically separate literatures. The...

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...

Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links between these two historically separate literatures. The...

A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...