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Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Matching-Ansatzes – am Beispiel der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung

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Die Evaluation der ökonomischen Wirkungen von betrieblicher Mitbestimmung ist aufgrund von spezifischen Merkmalen bei Betrieben mit Betriebsräten aus methodischer Sicht nicht unproblematisch. So führen bisherige Studien zu teilweise konträren Ergebnissen. In der hier vorliegenden Studie sollen daher die Probleme aufgezeigt, näher diskutiert und Lösungsmöglichkeiten an dem Beispiel der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung in ostdeutschen Betrieben des produzierenden Gewerbes und des Baus dargestellt werden. Es wird ein optimaler Matching-Algorithmus zur Zuordnung von "statistischen Zwillingsbetrieben" genutzt, der insbesondere gute Matchingergebnisse bei geringen Fallzahlen liefert. Da mit der ursprünglichen Teilnehmergruppe aufgrund kurzer Beobachtungsperioden nur kurzfristige Effekte ermittelt werden können, wird das Matchingverfahren zusätzlich zur Konstruktion verlängerter Beobachtungsperioden genutzt. Bei diesem neuen Anwendungsfall werden Betriebe, die einen Betriebsrat gegründet haben mit sogenannten Stellvertreter-Betrieben, die bereits einen Betriebsrat besitzen, verknüpft. Dadurch werden die kurzen Beobachtungsdauern verlängert, und es können auch Aussagen über die längerfristige Wirkung der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung getroffen werden. Die ermittelten Effekte auf die Produktivität, die Ertragslage und das Qualifikationsniveau der Beschäftigten deuten weder kurz- noch langfristig auf eine signifikante Wirkung der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung hin.

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  • Schultz, Birgit, 2006. "Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Matching-Ansatzes – am Beispiel der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung," IWH Discussion Papers 15/2006, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
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    Betriebliche Mitbestimmung; Betriebsräte; mikroökonometrische Evaluation; Matching-Methode; workers participation; works councils; microeconometric evaluation; matching method;
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    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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