%0 Journal Article %1 horisch2012macroeconomic %A Hörisch, Felix %D 2012 %I SSRN %J SSRN eLibrary %K codetermination effects employee_representation equality gini income_distribution income_inequality index %R 10.2139/ssrn.2187264 %T The Macro-Economic Effect of Codetermination on Income Equality %U http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2187264 %X Many studies on the effect of codetermination at company-level reveal its significant influence on wage levels within companies. However, does this effect at the micro-level result in higher income equality at the macro-level as well?<br><br>A cross-sectional regression analysis of data on EU and OECD countries will be used to test for the codetermination’s effect on income distribution. Assessing the impact of codetermination, a new index on codetermination strength will be introduced, combining the scope of codetermination rights with the threshold of codetermination laws. The results suggest a significant negative impact on the Gini index which indicates that codetermination rights lead to higher income equality.

@article{horisch2012macroeconomic, abstract = {Many studies on the effect of codetermination at company-level reveal its significant influence on wage levels within companies. However, does this effect at the micro-level result in higher income equality at the macro-level as well?<br><br>A cross-sectional regression analysis of data on EU and OECD countries will be used to test for the codetermination’s effect on income distribution. Assessing the impact of codetermination, a new index on codetermination strength will be introduced, combining the scope of codetermination rights with the threshold of codetermination laws. The results suggest a significant negative impact on the Gini index which indicates that codetermination rights lead to higher income equality.}, added-at = {2015-05-15T10:02:56.000+0200}, author = {Hörisch, Felix}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bc43d011bc956746aa602f9c8cb07439/meneteqel}, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.2187264}, interhash = {fe29717eebfe0de6359f1913c66c330a}, intrahash = {bc43d011bc956746aa602f9c8cb07439}, journal = {SSRN eLibrary}, keywords = {codetermination effects employee_representation equality gini income_distribution income_inequality index}, language = {English}, location = {http://ssrn.com/paper=2187264}, publisher = {SSRN}, timestamp = {2015-05-15T10:02:56.000+0200}, title = {{The Macro-Economic Effect of Codetermination on Income Equality}}, type = {Working Paper Series}, url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2187264}, year = 2012 }