Gender, Worker Representation and the Profitability of Firms in Germany

Recent research has shown that the unexplained gender wage gap is smaller in establishments where a works council is present. The finding raises the question of whether establishment-level codetermination reduces gender wage discrimination or whether it reduces a wage differential that reflects prod...

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Main Author: Uwe Jirjahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2011-12-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
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Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979201102/182429792011080207.pdf