TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Grund, Christian
AU  - Schmitt, Andreas
        TI  - Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction
        PY  - 2011/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5464
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5464
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - works councils
KW  - job satisfaction
KW  - wages
        ER  -