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SUMMARY:Simon Jaeger - Massachussets Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nWorker Representatives\n\n\nAbstract:\nWe study the selection of worker
  representatives and how representation affects worker outcomes. We focus o
 n German works councilors---shop-floor representatives elected from the wor
 kforce. We paint a comprehensive picture of representatives’ characteristic
 s spanning a period of more than forty years, combining rich administrative
  panel and representative survey data. Contrary to other domains of power w
 here blue-collar workers are often underrepresented, we document that blue-
 collar workers have been close to proportionally represented among works co
 uncilors for the past four decades with a shrinking representation gap over
  time. Worker representatives are positively selected in terms of  ear
 nings and person-fixed effects. They tend to have more extroverted, more op
 en, and less neurotic personalities, show greater interest in politics, and
  lean left politically, compared to the populations they represent. Drawing
  on event study designs around scheduled works council elections, as well a
 s an instrumental variables strategy building on representatives retiring, 
 we study the effects of blue-collar representation on worker outcomes. We f
 ind that electing blue-collar representatives protects workers from involun
 tary layoffs and mildly compresses wages. Our results support the hypothesi
 s that blue-collar representatives place greater emphasis on job security, 
 in line with higher worries about layoffs and risk of unemployment faced by
  blue-collar workers.\n
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