Works councils and employment growth in German establishments

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-500

  Jirjahn, Uwe ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co determination; Employment; Unions; Works councils

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; MANUFACTURING; MONOPOLY; TRADE UNION;

GERMANY;

EID: 77952119906     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep012     Document Type: Article

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