Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction

Christian Grund and Andreas Schmitt ()
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Andreas Schmitt: RWTH Aachen University

No 5464, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: works councils; job satisfaction; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J53 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2011-01
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Published - published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (3), 299-310

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