Nonunion Worker Representation, Foreign Owners and the Performance of Establishments

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Using German establishment data, this study provides the first econometric analysis on the interaction of establishment-level codetermination and foreign owners. Works councils are associated with higher productivity in domestic-owned establishments while they are associated with lower productivity in foreign-owned establishments. Moreover, the estimates show that the interaction of works councils with the broader industrial relations system also depends on the type of ownership. Works council incidence and collective bargaining coverage have a positive interaction effect on productivity in domestic-owned establishments. No such interaction effect can be found in foreign-owned establishments.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Research Papers in Economics ; No. 3/11

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence ; Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms; Employee Ownership ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management
• Subject: Works Council ; Foreign Owners ; Collective Bargaining ; Productivity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jirjahn, Uwe ; Mueller, Steffen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (where): Trier
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/88663