TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Teixeira, Paulino
        TI  - The Effect of Worker Representation on Employment Behavior in Germany: Another Case of -2.5%
        PY  - 2004/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1188
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1188
        AB  - Despite recent changes in the relationship between unionism and various indicators of firm
performance, there is one seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the
workplace are associated with reduced employment growth of around -2.5% a year. Using
German data, we examine the impact of the works council – that country’s form of workplace
representation – on employment change, 1993-2001. Works council plants have 2 to 3
percent lower employment growth having controlled for wages, changes in demand, industry
affiliation, various worker and establishment characteristics, and survival bias. That said,
works councils do not seem to further slow the tortuous pace of employment adjustment in
Germany.
        KW  - unions
KW  - works councils
KW  - employment change
KW  - employment dynamics
KW  - survival bias
        ER  -