Paid Vacation Use - The Role of Works Councils

Laszlo Goerke and Sabrina Jeworrek

No 201601, IAAEU Discussion Papers from Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU)

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between co-determination at the plant level and paid vacation in Germany. From a legal perspective, works councils have no impact on vacation entitlements, but they can affect their use. Employing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that male employees who work in an establishment, in which a works council exists, take almost two additional days of paid vacation annually, relative to employees in an establishment without institution. The effect for females is much smaller, if discernible at all. The data suggests that this gender gap might bue due to the fact that women exploit vacation entitlements more comprehensively than men already in the absence of a works council.

Keywords: Gender Difference; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP); Paid Vacation; Works Councils (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J32 J33 J53 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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