%0 Report
        %A Fackler, Daniel
%A Schnabel, Claus
%A Stegmaier, Jens
        %T Personnel Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Co-Determination Make a Difference?
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14873
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14873
        %X 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.
        %K works councils
%K co-determination
%K personnel adjustments
%K COVID-19
%K pandemic