%0 Report
        %A Grund, Christian
%A Schmitt, Andreas
        %T Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5464
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5464
        %X We investigate the effects of works councils on employees’ wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firm with a works council, report increases in job satisfaction, but do not receive particular wage increases. Especially the job satisfaction of female employees is affected by a change in works council status. However, we do not find support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the employees staying at the firm.
        %K works councils
%K job satisfaction
%K wages