TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Teixeira, Paulino
AU  - Zwick, Thomas
        TI  - Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages
        PY  - 2006/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2474
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2474
        AB  - This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under collective bargaining). This result persists after taking account of worker and establishment heterogeneity and the endogeneity of works council presence. Next, using quantile regressions, we find that the works council premium is decreasing with the position of the worker in the wage distribution. And it is also higher for women than for men. Finally, the works council wage premium is associated with longer job tenure. This suggests that some of the premium is a noncompetitive rent, even if works council voice may dominate its distributive effects insofar as tenure is concerned.
        KW  - matched employer-employee data
KW  - wage distribution
KW  - works councils
KW  - rent seeking
KW  - tenure
KW  - wages
        ER  -