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.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Economic and Industrial Democracy |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 243-260 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISSN | 0143-831X |
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| Publication status | Published - 05.2011 |
- Economics - codetermination, exit-voice, job satisfaction, union, voluntary turnover, works council
