Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2013 - This version: August 14, 2013
absence rates and a subjective measure of personnel problems due to absenteeism in Germany. We find that the existence of a … problems due to absenteeism are more likely in plants in which there is a works council. We cannot reject the hypothesis …, however, that self-selection of employees or firms gives rise to this relationship between absenteeism and works councils. …
