We provide the first econometric study of efficiency for a member of the Mondragon group of worker cooperatives. Eroski … difference models we find that hypermarket stores with cooperative ownership grow sales significantly faster than GESPA stores … cooperatives. Finally, while cooperative members are better paid than their peers in comparable firms, individual-level data also …

A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective … efficiency of co-ops; and on problems of democratic governance within co-ops. Using modern empirical methods applied to large …

A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective … efficiency of co-ops; and on problems of democratic governance within co-ops. Using modern empirical methods applied to large … ; comparative efficiency ; viability …