This study was prepared by Beate Schirwitz while she was working at the Ifo Institute’s Dresden Branch. It was completed in February 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Faculty of Law, Management, and Economics at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in July 2012. It focuses on a...

This study was prepared by Beate Schirwitz while she was working at the Ifo Institute's Dresden Branch. It was completed in February 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Faculty of Law, Management, and Economics at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in July 2012. It focuses on a...

Droht eine De-Institutionalisierung der repräsentativen Mitbestimmung und der Tarifautonomie? Dies besagt zumindest die auf dem Höhepunkt der „New Economy“-Euphorie populäre These, nach der die arbeitspolitischen Institutionen angesichts der neuen Organisationsmodelle der digitalen...

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...

Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the latest swing of the legislative pendium - favoring works council formation and competence - and evaluate the case for it. We provide new information on the extent of works...

Der Betrachtung von Betriebsergebnissen kommt eine wichtige Rolle bei der Beantwortung der Frage zu, ob Betriebsräte effizient sind oder nicht. Bisherige Untersuchungen haben die Ertragslage allein in bezug auf die bloße Existenz oder Nichtexistenz eines Betriebsrates hin betrachtet, hier...