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Resource type: Essays
Title: Research Evidence on Prevalence and Effects of Employee Ownership
Author(s): Douglas Kruse
Date: 13 February 2003
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URL: http://www.community-wealth.org/content/research-evidence-prevalence-and-effects-employee-ownership
Category: Employee Ownership

Employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP) companies are for-profit entities in which employees own part or all of the companies for which they work. ESOP companies play a critical role in building the tax and wealth base of local communities, as ownership is rooted in the workers who reside in the community, making plant relocations less likely. ESOP companies are also less likely than comparable firms to lay off workers in downturns

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