Arbeitspapier
Worker participation in decision-making, worker sorting, and firm performance
Worker participation in decision-making is often associated with high-wage and high-productivity firm strategies. Using linked-employer-employee data for Germany and worker fixed effects from a two-way fixed effects model of wages capturing observed and unobserved worker quality, we find that establishments with formal worker participation via works councils indeed employ higher-quality workers. We show that worker quality is already higher in plants before council introduction and further increases after the introduction. Importantly, we corroborate previous studies by showing positive productivity and profitability effects even after taking into account worker sorting.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 11/2020
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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works councils
worker sorting
worker quality
between-firm wage inequality
productivity
profits
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Müller, Steffen
Neuschäffer, Georg
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
- (wo)
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Halle (Saale)
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020071511000371234439
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Müller, Steffen
- Neuschäffer, Georg
- Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
Entstanden
- 2020