Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: did co-determination make a difference?

Daniel Fackler, Claus Schnabel and Jens Stegmaier
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Jens Stegmaier: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2024, vol. 58, issue 1, Article 4

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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Pandemie; IAB-Datensatz BeCovid; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation; Auswirkungen; Betriebsrat; Entlassungen; Krisenmanagement; Kurzarbeit; Mitbestimmung; Personalanpassung; Personaleinstellung; Arbeitsplatzsicherung; 2020-2021 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J53 J63 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-02-05
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