Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination
make a difference?
Fackler, Daniel ; Schnabel, Claus ; Stegmaier, Jens
Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center, Nuremberg
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - Nuremberg
2021
20 p.
epidemic disease ; codetermination ; works council ; employment
LASER Discussion Papers
133
Workers participation and European works councils
English
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"Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as well as the churning rate were lower in establishments with a works council. In contrast, the net employment growth rate over the pandemic and the implementation of short-time work did not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination did indeed make a difference in terms of higher employment stability for the incumbent workforce during the pandemic."
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