Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal systems as intended by the firm and their actual implementation on the level of the individual...

This paper examines the association between LGBT-friendly corporate policies and firm performance. Using data on U.S. firms from 2003 to 2016, we document that LGBT friendliness is positively associated with firm performance. Specifically, we find strong evidence that more LGBT-friendly firms...

We examine the impact of prosocial CEOs on corporate labor violations. Contrary to the theoretical proposition that individuals’ prosocial behavior can sometimes backfire, we find that firms managed by prosocial CEOs have lower corporate labor violations. This effect is stronger for...

In this paper, I examine the effects of a firm’s prior reputation in enforcing good CSR practices on its involuntary turnover behavior during the first year of the COVID ’19 pandemic. Specifically, using difference-in-difference analysis on 3,011 publicly traded US firms over the period...

I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...

I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...

Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links between these two historically separate literatures. The...