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Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils

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  • Jirjahn, Uwe

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  • Smith, Stephen C.

    (George Washington University)

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Theories of how nonunion employee representation impacts firm performance, affects market equilibria, and generates externalities on labor and society are synthesized. Mandated works councils in Germany provide a particularly strong form of nonunion employee representation. A systematic review of research on the German experience with mandated works councils finds generally positive effects, though these effects depend on a series of moderating factors and some impacts remain ambiguous. Finally, key questions for empirical research on nonunion employee representation, which have previously been little analyzed in the literature, are reviewed.

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  • Jirjahn, Uwe & Smith, Stephen C., 2017. "Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils," IZA Discussion Papers 11066, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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