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Higher wages, overstaffing or both? [PDF]
, 2012 This study examines the differences in the likelihood of overpayment and overemployment in establishments with and without works councils. In contrast to other studies, we use assessments by the management concerning the existence of such problems ...
Gralla, Rafael, Kraft, Kornelius
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German Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages [PDF]
This paper provides a comprehensive examination of the effect of German works councils on wages, using matched employer-employee data from the German LIAB for 2001.
John T. Addison +2 more
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Social SciencesThe European Works Council (EWC) Directive provides the establishment of a social partnership forum within Multinational Companies (MNCs). The directive gives employees the right to information and consultation with the supra-national group management ...
Theodore Koutroukis
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Why Don’t Councils Work? Federative Barriers to Popular Participation in Brazil
Dilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social, 2020 The paper contributes to the debate about the effectiveness of municipal councils and the difficulties for their functioning in Brazil, introducing further explanatory variables and arguments, poorly explored in similar works, such as federalism ...
Nilo Lima de Azevedo +2 more
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Works councils, collective bargaining and apprenticeship training [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper, we investigate the effects of works councils on apprenticeship training in Germany. The German law attributes works councils substantial information and co-determination rights to training-related issues. Thus, works councils may also have
Kriechel, Ben +3 more
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Works councils, quits and dismissals in Germany
Social Science Research Network, 2016 We examine the relationship between works councils and two different types of employment separation – dismissals by the firm and voluntary quits by employees.
C. Grund +2 more
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The impact of Dutch works councils according to managers [PDF]
Although works councils have, by and large, equally extensive legal rights in Germany and the Netherlands, this is the first econometric analysis that investigates the influence of Dutch works councils on firm performance.
Annette van den Berg +2 more
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Works Councils and Organizational Performance
Journal of Labor Research, 2011 Abstract: Most studies on the effects of works councils simply analyze whether their mere presence contributes to firm performance. This study seeks to offer a contribution to the literature by adding, to date, largely unexplored potential contingencies: the attitudes of Dutch top managers and works councils as to the functioning of the latter, in bad ...
van den Berg, Annette +2 more
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Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2007 Based on the experience of Portuguese representatives in European Works Councils (EWC), this text focuses on their evaluation of the fulfillment of the two fundamental principles of the Directive: information and consultation.
Hermes Augusto Costa, Pedro Araújo
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Works Councils and Heterogeneous Firms [PDF]
Theoretical analyses of the effects of works councils show ambiguous results. Therefore an empirical investigation of the issue is inevitable. The results so far are mixed, frequently a positive effect on productivity, but a negative one on profits is ...
Simon Renaud
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