The economic effects of works councils: channels and conditions. Using secondary data to test a new theoretical model

Jan Ekke Wigboldus, Yolanda Grift, Annette van den Berg and Jan Kees Looise
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Jan Ekke Wigboldus: Wigboldus Consultraining Links, the Netherlands; University of Twente, the Netherlands
Yolanda Grift: Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands
Annette van den Berg: Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands
Jan Kees Looise: University of Twente, the Netherlands

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2016, vol. 37, issue 3, 535-565

Abstract: German studies already have supported the existing positive economic effects of works councils, but failed to explain how these effects are produced. New case study based research from the Netherlands has provided a theory consisting of three channels to create economic impact, also including a set of necessary conditions. This article presents a secondary analysis of this theory with the use of a large data set. This quantitative analysis further supports the theory and contains interesting nuances about how the channels work, in particular about the role of the availability of sufficient works council candidates at elections.

Keywords: Channels; conditions; economic impact; works council; works council strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X14551998

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