Works councils, wages and job satisfaction

Christian Grund and Andreas Schmitt ()
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Andreas Schmitt: JMU - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg = University of Würzburg [Würsburg, Germany]

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Abstract: We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firm with a works council, report increases in job satisfaction, but do not receive particular wage increases. Especially the job satisfaction of female employees is affected by a change in works council status. However, we do not find support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the employees staying at the firm.

Keywords: Social; Sciences; &; Humanities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-09-23
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Published in Applied Economics, 2011, 45 (03), pp.299-310. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2011.597735⟩

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Working Paper: Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction (2011)
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.597735

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