TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fackler, Daniel
AU  - Schnabel, Claus
AU  - Stegmaier, Jens
        TI  - Personnel Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Co-Determination Make a Difference?
        PY  - 2021/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14873
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14873
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - works councils
KW  - co-determination
KW  - personnel adjustments
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - pandemic
        ER  -