Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/156144 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 01/2016
Publisher: 
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU), Trier
Abstract: 
We investigate the relationship between co-determination at the plant level and paid vacation in Germany. From a legal perspective, works councils have no impact on vacation entitlements, but they can affect their use. Employing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that male employees who work in an establishment, in which a works council exists, take almost two additional days of paid vacation annually, relative to employees in an establishment without such institution. The effect for females is much smaller, if discernible at all. The data suggests that this gender gap might be due to the fact that women exploit vacation entitlements more comprehensively than men already in the absence of a works council.
Subjects: 
Gender Difference
German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
Paid Vacation
Works Council
JEL: 
J22
J32
J33
J53
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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