Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination make a difference?

Abstract

"Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as well as the churning rate were lower in establishments with a works council. In contrast, the net employment growth rate over the pandemic and the implementation of short-time work did not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination did indeed make a difference in terms of higher employment stability for the incumbent workforce during the pandemic." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Fackler, D., Schnabel, C. & Stegmaier, J. (2021): Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination make a difference? (IZA discussion paper 14873), Bonn, 21 p.