Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms

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Unsatisfied employees are likely to quit their current job if they have a better outside option. Worker codetermination and union bargaining might increase employees’ utility and make quits unnecessary. The article offers econometric evidence from a large-scale German establishment data set supporting the view that works councils, firm-level and industry-level union bargained collective agreements reduce the number of quits. Moreover, a strong interaction effect between both institutions exists. The results are robust for different subsamples and econometric methods.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftEconomic and Industrial Democracy
Jahrgang32
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)243-260
Anzahl der Seiten18
ISSN0143-831X
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 05.2011

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Published online October 2010

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