Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: did co-determination make a difference?
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- Fackler, Daniel & Schnabel, Claus & Stegmaier, Jens, 2024. "Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: did co-determination make a difference?," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 58, pages 1-4.
- Fackler, Daniel & Schnabel, Claus & Stegmaier, Jens, 2021. "Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination make a difference?," Discussion Papers 121, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour and Regional Economics.
- Fackler, Daniel & Schnabel, Claus & Stegmaier, Jens, 2021. "Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination make a difference?," FAU Discussion Papers in Economics 07/2021, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Economics.
- Fackler, Daniel & Schnabel, Claus & Stegmaier, Jens, 2021. "Personnel Adjustments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Co-Determination Make a Difference?," IZA Discussion Papers 14873, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Works councils; Co-determination; Personnel adjustments; Covid-19 pandemic;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
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