Works councils and collective bargaining in Germany: The impact on productivity and wages

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-491

  Hübler, Olaf ^a   Jirjahn, Uwe ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

GERMANY;

EID: 0141459360     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.5004006     Document Type: Article

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