Personnel Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Co-Determination Make a Difference?

Daniel Fackler (daniel.fackler@iwh-halle.de), Claus Schnabel and Jens Stegmaier (jens.stegmaier@iab.de)
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Daniel Fackler: IWH Halle
Jens Stegmaier: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg

No 14873, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as well as the churning rate were lower in establishments with a works council. In contrast, the net employment growth rate over the pandemic and the implementation of short-time work did not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination did indeed make a difference in terms of higher employment stability for the incumbent workforce during the pandemic.

Keywords: works councils; co-determination; personnel adjustments; COVID-19; pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J53 J63 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2021-11
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Published - published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2024, 58, 4 (2024)

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