Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, dear colleagues, in the name of the Department of Economics, I cordially invite you to our research seminar March, 10th, 2021, 4pm Simon Jäger (MIT) http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/sjaeger <http://economics.mit.edu/faculty/sjaeger> @simon_jaeger Voice at Work Abstract: We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job separations, and at most small positive effects on other measures of job quality (job security, health, subjective job quality, and wages). Worker voice slightly raised firm survival, productivity, and capital intensity. A 2008 introduction of shop-floor representation had similarly limited effects. Interviews and surveys indicate that worker representation facilitates information sharing rather than boosting labor’s power. http://economics.mit.edu/files/21196 <http://economics.mit.edu/files/21196> Selected publications: * "Labor in the Boardroom”, with Benjamin Schoefer and Jörg Heining, Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming* “Wages and the Value of Nonemployment“, with Benjamin Schoefer, Samuel Young, and Josef Zweimüller, Quarterly Journal of Economics, (2020) * “Learning about job search: A field experiment with job seekers in Germany”, with Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, and Florian Zimmermann, Journal of Public Economics (2018) * "Complex Tax Incentives”, with Johannes Abeler, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015. Registration for the zoom link at https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/onlin... <https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/online-research-seminar/> You will find the schedule for the summer term at https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/more-... <https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/more-details-about-the-online-economics-research-seminar/> With best regards, rené böheim — PD René Böheim, PhD Department of Economics JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITÄT LINZ Altenberger Straße 69 4040 Linz, Österreich P +43-732-2468-7369