PubData Leuphana Repository: Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions

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Resource type	Working Paper
Title(s)	Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1206
Handle	20.500.14123/1269
Creator	Wagner, Joachim 0000-0001-6058-4536 129798215 Schank, Thorsten Schnabel, Claus Addison, John T.
Abstract	Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper demonstrates that the impact of works council presence on labor productivity varies between manufacturing and services, between plants that are or are not covered by collective bargaining, and along the conditional distribution of labor productivity. No productivity effects of works councils are found for the service sector and in manufacturing plants not covered by collective bargaining. Besides demonstrating that it is important to look at evidence based on more than one data set, our empirical findings point to the efficacy of supplementing OLS with quantile regression estimates when investigating the behavior of heterogeneous plants.
Language	English
Keywords	Productivity; Works Council; Quantile Regressions; Heterogeneousness; Produktivität; Betriebsrat; Heterogenität; Lineares Regressionsmodell
Year of publication in PubData	2006
Publishing type	First publication
Publication version	Published version
Date issued	2006-05-12
Creation context	Research
Published by	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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