Reciprocity and Workers’ Tastes for Representation

Uwe Jirjahn and Vanessa Lange

Journal of Labor Research, 2015, vol. 36, issue 2, 188-209

Abstract: Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers’ sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees with strong positive reciprocal inclinations are less likely to work in such firms. However, the results also show striking gender differences in the relationship between reciprocity and taste for representation. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Works council; Negative reciprocity; Positive reciprocity; Sorting; Gender; D03; J52; J53; M50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: Reciprocity and Workers' Tastes for Representation (2011)
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DOI: 10.1007/s12122-015-9198-8

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