Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable information on their incidence and coverage. This paper uses data from the nationally representative IAB establishment panel to fill this gap. We examine the frequency of works...

German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...

Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable information on their incidence and coverage. This paper uses data from the nationally representative IAB establishment panel to fill this gap. We examine the frequency of works...

Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the latest swing of the legislative pendium - favoring works council formation and competence - and evaluate the case for it. We provide new information on the extent of works...

Mit einem einheitlichen Erhebungsbogen für die Betriebe aller Betriebsgrößen und Branchen startete im Sommer 1993 die erste Welle des "IAB-Betriebspanels". Der Rücklauf betrug 71%. Aus den ersten Querschnittsauswertungen ergeben sich die folgenden Eckdaten: - Die westdeutsche Wirtschaft...

"This paper deals with company expectations for 1997 with regard to employment. For this, details from the IAB establishment panel are examined separately for East (1st wave) and West (4th wave) with the aid of descriptive and multivariate methods. It can be seen that companies of individual...

"In the 'further training' survey focus of the 1997 IAB establishment panel information was collected concerning the distribution and extent of various forms of company training, the participation of individual groups of workers as well as reasons for a lack of further training. The empirical...

"In this company expectations for 1998 concerning employment and training are analysed with the aid of descriptive and multivariate procedures, and separately for western and eastern Germany. The data for this study was collected in the fifth wave of the IAB establishment panel in western...

"On the basis of data from the 'further training' survey focus of the 1997 IAB establishment panel, this report explains that the intensity of company further training indeed varies considerably between the different qualification and status groups. In particular qualified non-manual employees...

"Mit den Daten des Arbeitsmarktmonitors vom November 1990 und vom März 1991 lassen sich wichtige Determinanten des Nettoeinkommens der Beschäftigten in den neuen Bundesländern bestimmen. Hervorgehoben werden sollen Ergebnisse, die sich auf die Veränderungen des instutitionellen Rahmens in...