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Delivering the goods? German industrial relations institutions during the COVID-19 crisis
Martin Behrens1, Andreas Pekarek2
1WSI/Hans-Böckler-Foundation Duesseldorf Germany.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused labor market disruptions at an unprecedented scale and is akin to a stress test for industrial relations institutions. Drawing on a large-scale (n = 6111) study of German employees, we empirically investigate whether and how the two institutions comprising Germany's dual system of employee representation-works councils and collective bargaining-have delivered on their protective potential and mitigated the impact of the pandemic on workers. We demonstrate that employees in representative environments fare better on a range of protective outcomes.
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