Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...

German works councils provide a highly developed mechanism for codetermination designed to increase trust and cooperation within firms. This study examines whether or not the functioning of works councils depends on the type of ownership. Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany,...

With the reform of the Works Constitution Act in 2001 legislation hat tried to stop the erosion of the institution of codetermination by facilating the creation of works councils and expanding their rights. The present paper examines the development of the presence of codetermination with pooled...

GmbHs, die regelmäßig zwischen 500 und 2000 Beschäftigte aufweisen, sind gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet, einen drittelmitbestimmten Aufsichtrat zu bilden. Eigene Studien demonstrierten, dass entgegen den rechtskräftigen Regelungen weniger als die Hälfte aller GmbHs im westdeutschen...

German works councils provide a highly developed mechanism for codetermination designed to increase trust and cooperation within firms. This study examines whether or not the functioning of works councils depends on the type of ownership. Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany,...

In her recent survey, Frege (2002) concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a "dead end". The present treatment offers a different conclusion based on a more encompassing review of the evidence. It will identify three distinct phases in the economic analysis of...

This article is part of a broader effort to take a fresh look at citizenship at work in the contemporary world of work. The authors draw on Bosniak’s social theory of citizenship to study two groups of workers (videogame developers and performance artists) whose occupations embody similar...

The crisis in union representation is one of the most relevant labour-related issues of the last thirty years. Studies about union representation usually consider unionization to be central to the evaluation of this crisis. However, this analysis can be deepened by incorporating other elements...

In 2001, 2007 and 2011 the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions recognized, step by step, the right to bargain collectively as a part of the constitutionally enshrined freedom of association in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These Supreme Court decisions have the potential to...

I develop a model in which the level of cooperation and effort supplied by an employee is determined by the level of benefits allocated to an employee's ESOP account and his individual merit pay. Specifically, it is hypothesized that as an employee receives greater benefits from the ESOP, and...