published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik , 2006, 226 (5), 505-518
Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing
plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along
the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and
statistically significant effect of works council presence estimated by ordinary least squares
now vanishes for large parts of this distribution. According to our results, such an effect can
only be detected in plants at the top end of the conditional productivity distribution – plants
that can be considered ‘over achievers.’ We would speculate that this might be because only
highly competent managers can cooperate with a works council in a way that much enhances
productivity.
We use cookies to provide you with an optimal website experience. This includes cookies that are necessary for the operation of the site as well as cookies that are only used for anonymous statistical purposes, for comfort settings or to display personalized content. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to allow. Please note that based on your settings, you may not be able to use all of the site's functions.
Cookie settings
These necessary cookies are required to activate the core functionality of the website. An opt-out from these technologies is not available.
In order to further improve our offer and our website, we collect anonymous data for statistics and analyses. With the help of these cookies we can, for example, determine the number of visitors and the effect of certain pages on our website and optimize our content.