Is Profit Sharing Productive? A Meta‐Regression Analysis

• Published in: British journal of industrial relations Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 364 - 395
• Main Authors: Doucouliagos, Hristos, Laroche, Patrice, Kruse, Douglas L., Stanley, T. D.
• Format: Journal Article Paper
• Language: English
• Published: London Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Wiley
• Subjects: Bias; Business administration; Capital; Capital investments; Cooperation; Economics and Finance; Employee involvement; Humanities and Social Sciences; Productivity; Profit sharing plans; Regression analysis; Transition economies; Unionization; Worker participation

In this article, we re‐examine the relationship between group‐based profit sharing and productivity. Our meta‐regression analysis of 355 estimates from 56 studies controls for publication selection and misspecification biases and investigates the impact of firm‐level unionisation. Profit sharing is...