financial performance, labor productivity, employment, quits, absenteeism, industrial relations climate, and plant closings … unions are strong and is negative where unions are weak. This notion, encountered in recent research in Britain (and Germany …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity …

bargaining in Germany. Based on a simple bargaining model we derive our main hypothesis: In establishments covered by collective … bargaining agreements works councils are more likely to be engaged in productivity enhancing activities and less engaged in rent … empirical analysis confirms this hypothesis. The presence of works councils exerts a positive impact on productivity within the …

measure of establishment labour productivity. In addition, the implications of training for the firm’s bottom line are … labour productivity outcome and, in the case of the earlier survey, for the financial performance indicator as well. However …

financial performance, labor productivity, employment, quits, absenteeism, industrial relations climate, and plant closings … unions are strong and is negative where unions are weak. This notion, encountered in recent research in Britain (and Germany …

but also by subjective measures of plant labor productivity and financial performance. Union effects on training are … for labor productivity and the firm’s bottom line. While some negative effects of multiple unionism at the workplace now …

but also by subjective measures of plant labor productivity and financial performance. Union effects on training are … for labor productivity and the firm?s bottom line. While some negative effects of multiple unionism at the workplace now …

firm-related characteristics (e.g., capital intensity, productivity) contribute significantly. However, considerable wage …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity …