Arbeitspapier
Personnel Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Co-Determination Make a Difference?
Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as well as the churning rate were lower in establishments with a works council. In contrast, the net employment growth rate over the pandemic and the implementation of short-time work did not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination did indeed make a difference in terms of higher employment stability for the incumbent workforce during the pandemic.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14873
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- Subject
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personnel adjustments
co-determination
works councils
COVID-19
pandemic
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Fackler, Daniel
Schnabel, Claus
Stegmaier, Jens
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2021
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Fackler, Daniel
- Schnabel, Claus
- Stegmaier, Jens
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2021
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