Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms
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In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 32, No. 2, 05.2011, p. 243-260.
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T1 - Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
N1 - Published online October 2010
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Economics
KW - codetermination
KW - exit-voice
KW - job satisfaction
KW - union
KW - voluntary turnover
KW - works council
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79955111947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X10377806
DO - 10.1177/0143831X10377806
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 32
SP - 243
EP - 260
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
IS - 2
ER -