Works councils and absenteeism of apprentices: An empirical analysis
研究德国企业职工委员会对学徒因病缺勤的影响，发现企业有职工委员会时学徒缺勤显著减少，尤其在缺勤率高的企业中效果更明显。
This article examines the influence of works councils on apprentices’ absence from the workplace in Germany. The analysis draws on merged administrative and survey data that include information about the cumulated days that apprentices are absent from work due to sickness. Regression results imply that the existence of a works council in a firm significantly reduces apprentices’ absence. However, split-sample regressions show that this is predominantly the case in firms with high absence rates. Overall, the results suggest that works councils exercise their legally anchored ‘voice’ function in the German apprenticeship system.