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Title(s)German Works Councils and Productivity: First Evidence from a Nonparametric Test
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1199
Handle20.500.14123/1262
CreatorWagner, Joachim  0000-0001-6058-4536  129798215
Other contributors Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
AbstractThis 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.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsWorks Council; Productivity; Stochastic Dominance; Betriebsrat; Produktivität; Stochastische Dominanz
DDC330 :: Wirtschaft
Year of publication in PubData2005
Publishing typeFirst publication
Publication versionPublished version
Date issued2005-11-08
Creation contextResearch
Faculty / departmentFakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (IVWL)
Series title and numberWorking paper series in economics
14
Alternative Idenfier(s)urn:nbn:de:gbv:luen4-opus-3331
Date of Availability2024-08-23T07:46:16Z
Archiving Facility Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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