Effects of workplace representation on firm-provided further training in Germany

Arbeitspapier

Unions are an important indicator of various measures of firm performance in Anglo-Saxon countries. The same holds for the German analogue of workplace unionism's the works council. Using the IAB Establishment Panel I examine the impact of works councils and shop-floor participation on further training and training intensity. As some studies suggest that the impact of workplace representation varies with firm size, I also test for differences between large and small/medium-sized establish-ments. Pooled logit and count data models are employed to analyze firm's further training activity and training intensity. Because the treatment variables may suffer from endogeneity I also adopt linear and nonlinear instrumental variables techniques. The analysis reveals a positive impact of works councils on firm-provided further training, but provides slightly weaker evidence of firm-size differentials of workplace representation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 14/2010

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: works council ; shop-floor participation ; firm-provided further training ; Betriebsrat ; Mitbestimmung ; Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement ; Betriebsgröße ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stegmaier, Jens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
• (where): Nürnberg
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57451
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