Examining the link between health measures, management practices and establishment performance

Sandra Broszeit and Marie-Christine Laible
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Sandra Broszeit: IAB
Marie-Christine Laible: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201726, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "We examine the relationship between establishment-level health measures, Anglo-Saxon management practices and labor productivity, as well as median wages. Based on the observation that management practices are positively associated with establishment outcomes, we test whether health measures have a distinct effect on their own, or if they are already comprised in management practices. Using representative survey data from the German Management and Organizational Practices Survey, we find a strong increase in the use of health measures from 2008 to 2013, predominantly in large establishments. Fixed effects regressions confirm that management practices significantly increase labor productivity, however, health measures do not. The reverse is true for median wages, such that health measures are positively associated with median wages, but management practices are not." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement; Lohnhöhe; IAB-Datensatz Management Practices; Unternehmensführung; Arbeitsproduktivität (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 I15 J24 L20 M20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2017
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