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标题：The effect of worker representation on employment behaviour in Germany: another case of -2.5%
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作者：John T. Addison Paulino Teixeira
期刊名称：EIIW Discussion Papers - Diskussionsbeitrag
出版年度：2004
卷号：2004
出版社：Europäisches Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Potsdam
摘要：Despite recent changes in the relationship between unionism and various indicators of firm performance, there is one seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the workplace are associated with reduced employment growth of around -2.5%. Using a unique German dataset, we examine the impact of the works council – that country’s form of workplace representation – on employment change, 1993-2001. Works council plants have 2.2% lower employment growth over this interval, having controlled for wages, changes in demand, industry affiliation, and various worker and establishment characteristics. But works councils do not seem to further slow the tortuous pace of employment adjustment.
关键词：unions, German works councils, employment change, employment dynamics