PubData Leuphana Repository: German Works Councils and Productivity: First Evidence from a Nonparametric Test

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Resource type	Working Paper
Title(s)	German Works Councils and Productivity: First Evidence from a Nonparametric Test
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1199
Handle	20.500.14123/1262
Creator	Wagner, Joachim 0000-0001-6058-4536 129798215
Other contributors	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract	This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first order stochastic dominance tend to indicate that pro-productive effects are found in firms with collective bargaining only. However, the significance level of the test statistic is higher than a usually applied critical level. This somewhat weak evidence casts doubts on the validity of results from recent parametric approaches using a regression framework that point to high positive effects of works councils on productivity.
Language	English
Keywords	Works Council; Productivity; Stochastic Dominance; Betriebsrat; Produktivität; Stochastische Dominanz
Year of publication in PubData	2005
Publishing type	First publication
Publication version	Published version
Date issued	2005-11-08
Creation context	Research
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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