Recent studies on the economic effects of works councils in Germany using the European Company Survey estimate a significant negative effect of works councils on establishment productivity and profitability. These results are in stark contrast to studies using the IAB Establishment Panel estimating a significant positive effect of works councils on establishment productivity and profitability. This article scrutinises these empirical approaches. While sample selection and control variables have a substantial impact on the magnitude of marginal effects, the definition of the dependent variable as an objective or subjective measure causes the opposing signs. Beyond that, similar measures in both datasets lead to comparable marginal effects hi...
This paper provides new insight into the quality of cooperation between employers and workers in Ger...
Although works councils have, by and large, equally extensive legal rights in Germany and the Nether...
In this article, we present a conceptual model to understand the effects of works councils on organi...
Recent studies on the economic effects of works councils in Germany using the European Company Surve...
Traditionally, works councils have been viewed by most economists as welfare reducing cartels that i...
This paper uses data from a nationally representative panel of establishments to estimate the effect...
This paper investigates the interaction effect of works councils and managerial profit sharing on es...
This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices....
Using data from German manufacturing establishments, this article examines the relationship between ...
German studies already have supported the existing positive economic effects of works councils, but ...
Declining union density in many industrialized countries directs attention to alter-native ways of l...
Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that the managerial environment ...
We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Pa...
'Trotz ihrer grossen Bedeutung im deutschen System der Arbeitsbeziehungen gibt es kaum gesicherte Er...
This paper provides new insight into the quality of cooperation between employers and workers in Ger...
Although works councils have, by and large, equally extensive legal rights in Germany and the Nether...
In this article, we present a conceptual model to understand the effects of works councils on organi...
Recent studies on the economic effects of works councils in Germany using the European Company Surve...
Traditionally, works councils have been viewed by most economists as welfare reducing cartels that i...
This paper uses data from a nationally representative panel of establishments to estimate the effect...
This paper investigates the interaction effect of works councils and managerial profit sharing on es...
This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices....
Using data from German manufacturing establishments, this article examines the relationship between ...
German studies already have supported the existing positive economic effects of works councils, but ...
Declining union density in many industrialized countries directs attention to alter-native ways of l...
Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that the managerial environment ...
We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Pa...
'Trotz ihrer grossen Bedeutung im deutschen System der Arbeitsbeziehungen gibt es kaum gesicherte Er...
This paper provides new insight into the quality of cooperation between employers and workers in Ger...
Although works councils have, by and large, equally extensive legal rights in Germany and the Nether...
In this article, we present a conceptual model to understand the effects of works councils on organi...